Links

Politics

Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA) is the sponsor of the private relief bill, HR 1180, that would grant permanent legal residence to 30 Golden Venture passengers now trapped in legal limbo.
http://www.house.gov/platts/

James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) chairs the House Judiciary Committee, the key committee in the House for immigration-related issues.
http://www.house.gov/sensenbrenner/

Representative John N. Hostettler (R-IN) chairs the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee for Immigration, Border Security and Claims.
http://www.house.gov/hostettler/

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is the ubiquitous spokesman for the extreme anti-immigration faction in the House.
http://tancredo.house.gov/

The National Immigration Forum is a leading pro-immigration national advocacy and lobbying group.
http://www.immigrationforum.org/

Detention Watch Network is dedicated to protecting immigrants in federal detention.
http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/

Team America PAC is a political action committee founded by Tancredo and Bay Buchanan, sister of columnist and presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. Team America is an active force in the national anti-immigrant movement.
http://www.teamamericapac.org/

Immigration from Fujian Province

A BBC investigative story launched in 2001 after 58 Fujianese immigrants were found dead in a truck that had just crossed the English Channel to Dover.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/1243616.stm

A BBC report about the 23 Fujianese immigrants who drowned in the rising tide as they gathered cockles in Morcambe Bay, Scotland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4238209.stm

A sociologist’s site with useful information about Asian immigrants in the US.
http://www.asian-nation.org/immigrant-stats.shtml

Ko-Lin Chin’s “Smuggled Chinese: Clandestine Immigration to the United States” is the definitive study of illegal immigration from Fujian.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566397332/sr=8-8/qid=1144775964/ref=sr_1_8/104-9407053-3247901?%5Fencoding=UTF8
An excerpt from the book can be found on the State Dept. web site.
http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive_Index/The_Social_Organization_of_Chinese_Human_Smuggling.html

A look at the role of Myanmar and Cambodia in the smuggling process.
http://www.asiapacificms.com/papers/pdf/gt_alien_smuggling.pdf

Transcript of a fascinating 1996 Globalvision show featuring investigative, ambush style interviews with snakeheads.
http://www.globalvision.org/docs/programs/r-and-w/transcripts/401snakeheads.html

A 2004 student by an American University researcher surveying immigration from Fujian Province.
http://www.american.edu/TED/chinavisa.htm

From State Dept. Site on Chinese Human Smuggling

An interesting and in depth look at Chinese immigrants smuggling out from Fujian Province, written by a Japanese journalist in 1995.
http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/snakehead.html

An overview of regions in China the send migrants abroad.
http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/east_asia_pacific/chinese_human_smuggling/originate.html

A detailed, fascinating study of Fujianese immigration.
http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive_Index/From_Fujian_to_New_York_Understanding_the_New_Chinese_Immigration.html

Chinese human smuggling home page.
http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/east_asia_pacific/chinese_human_smuggling.html

Organizations

The Golden Vision Foundation in York, PA evolved from the coalition that supported the passengers during their detention in York.
http://www.goldenvision.org/

The Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York, PA is the major cultural institution in York and will host the film’s theatrical premiere on May 13, 2006.
http://www.strandcapitol.org/

The Museum of Chinese in the Americas in New York was the site of a major exhibition of the art of the Golden Venture passengers in 1997, playing an important role in the Clinton parole.
http://www.moca-nyc.org/MoCA/content.asp?cid=33

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund is a New York advocacy group that sent some of the first lawyers to meet with the Golden Venture passengers.
http://www.aaldef.org/

Miscellany

A fascinating family web page devoted to Robert Porges, the Harvard-trained lawyer who was convicted of working for the Snakeheads and is now serving a nine-year sentence.
http://www.porges.net/FamilyTreesBiographies/RobertPorges.html

The Golden Venture art style was adopted by origami enthusiasts around the world. A British origami enthusiast describes this phenomenon.
http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/goldenventure.htm

The Museum of Chinese in the Americas put together a highly informative overview of the Golden Venture story in conjunction with the museum's exhibition of Golden Venture art work.
http://www.moca-nyc.org/MoCA/pdf/uploads/Fly%20to%20Freedom.pdf

Bill Westerman helped curate a traveling exhibit of Golden Venture art work and has created a new organization to continue his work involving art and human rights.
http://www.artknowsnoborders.org

Craig Trebilcock, a leading Golden Venture advocate who launched an epic courtroom battle to prevent their deportation, is also in the army reserve. He served in Bosnia and in Iraq. Craig has written a brilliant satirical book loosely based on his time in Iraq, “One Weekend a Month.”
http://www.booklocker.com/books/2356.html