When he enacted the new national-security law on Tuesday, he sent an invisible tank to the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong. City residents and international observers described the legislation as a violation of the 1984 British-British Declaration and Hong Kong Basic Law, which was cruel, tyrannical, and unjust, mainly by ending the city's autonomy. Give.
But the war is not yet lost. Despite reports of Joshua Wong and other pro-democracy leaders fearing prosecution for political advertising, Hong Kong's social-media users are deleting their accounts. Many more are marching. Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the assignment from the United Kingdom, despite the city's police force to arrest protesters and suppress certain expressions of political speech.
As it became clear that a new security law was in place, the United States took steps to revoke the special status granted to Hong Kong - a situation in which the US treatment of Hong Kong differs from its own. The mainland. Before the violation of the security law last week, the US government announced the end of exporting American-made defense equipment to Hong Kong and indicated that more was coming. Both houses of Congress have passed legislation to approve Chinese authorities that undermine Hong Kong's autonomy and punish any bank that does business with these authorities. When it is signed by the President, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act will be Beijing's strongest response to date. The US response to Beijing's repression is still shaping up. Support for the protesters' efforts to protect the city from the harsh punishment of Beijing needs to be balanced. The revaluation of the city's status under US law, along with sanctions, calls for Hong Kong residents to choose to flee.
Recalling that the refugee regime has welcomed so many refugees in America for so long, commentators have called on the United States to do the same. Interestingly, these calls have not yet released opposition from supporters of stricter immigration policies. This is because we see the emerging bipartisan consensus that the CCP is a serious threat to human freedom. The U.S. action follows the steps taken by the United Kingdom, which on Wednesday gave 3 million Hong Kong residents a final path to citizenship, as well as the steps, were taken by Taiwan, to process refugee applications last week. National Security Act. Meanwhile, Australia and Japan are considering their own policy to accept Hong Kong residents.
So what should the American version of these policies look like? An alternative to the Trump administration is to make it easier for Hong Kong residents to immigrate to the United States. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested he look into it a few weeks ago, but the president has yet to say anything. Most likely, the movie comes from Congress early, where two versions of Hong Kong's immigration law were introduced on Tuesday afternoon. Each bill targets a different section of the city's population to emigrate to those living in the United States.
The Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act is the first of two bipartisan proposals. This makes Hong Kong residents fearful of political persecution for Priority 2 refugee status, enabling them to bypass the U.S. refugee system and NGOs responsible for preventing the claims of priority 1 refugees. But the original idea from the Heritage Foundation reports last August was that all Hong Kong residents were eligible for P-2 status because the written bill would apply to more than 30 million people participating in democratic favor. Protests from last summer. The law also makes it easier for pro-democracy leaders, journalists, and first responders to seek asylum in the United States, in particular.
Meanwhile, the second bill, the Hong Kong People's Freedom and Choice Act, provides 50,000 special visas for Hong Kong residents eligible for temporary protective status and high-skilled workers from the city. Critically, refugees from the city have also accelerated the process of applying for legal residency in the United States - a provision prompted by law to protect Chinese students fleeing the Tiananmen Square acreage. These proposals are designed to avoid overlap and further enhance the dual goals of Hong Kong residents who choose to flee Beijing while increasing the number of highly skilled immigrants in the U.S. workforce. Taken together, these bills would be a solid first step, but the US response to Beijing's attack on Hong Kong could do much more.
David Baird, an immigration analyst at the Cato Institute, called the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act "an important way to support protests." However, he tells the National Review that the only solution is to waive visa requirements for Hong Kong residents - as they did before the United States offered permanent residence to Cuban refugees. Laws such as the one requiring Hong Kong residents to require a visa to flee, a process that takes a long time.
And the Hong Kong people don't have much time. This week, prominent pro-democracy student leader Nathan Law announced his departure from Hong Kong. He was going to continue his work in exile. Many of his companions choose to stop and fight, but must also be given the opportunity to depart when necessary. Already, city officials are threatening to arrest residents who use some slogans or banners. During the first protests in the wake of the National Security Act on Wednesday, city police forces made more than 300 arrests under the new law. A 19-year-old protester was arrested for allegedly putting a sticker on his phone stating, "Free Hong Kong, revolution now," in reference to the far-reaching consequences of the law under a government that is wiping out power. Beijing said a new outpost set up in Hong Kong is trying to bring the arrested to the mainland.
For years, Hong Kong has been in danger of CCP crackdown. With the implementation of the National-Security Act, it has finally arrived. By looking at his ambitious freedom, he learned to appreciate the blessings of democracy better than most Westerners. So what better way than to support these highly skilled democracies? There is only one: offering the fastest path to permanent residence, followed by citizenship.
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