THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Philadelphia, Pennslyvania)
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 11, 2000
SUSPENSION OF ENTRY AS IMMIGRANTS AND NONIMMIGRANTS
OF PERSONS IMPEDING THE PEACE PROCESS IN SIERRA LEONE
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
In light of the longstanding political and humanitarian crisis in
Sierra Leone, I have determined that it is in the interests of the
United States to restrict the entry into the United States as immigrants
and nonimmigrants of certain foreign nationals who plan, engage in, or
benefit from activities that support the Revolutionary United Front or
that otherwise impede the peace process in Sierra Leone, and the
spouses, children of any age, and parents of such persons.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, by the power vested in me as
President by the Constitution and the laws of the Untied States of
America, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and
non-immigrant entry into the United States of persons described in
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in section
2 or 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the
United States. I therefore hereby proclaim that:
Section 1. The entry into the United States as immigrants and
nonimmigrants of persons who plan, engage in, or benefit from activities
that support the Revolutionary United Front or that otherwise impede the
peace process in Sierra Leone, and the spouses, children of any age, and
parents of such persons, is hereby suspended.
Sec. 2. Section 1 shall not apply with respect to any person
otherwise covered by section 1 where the entry of such person would not
be contrary to the interests of the United States.
Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 shall be identified
pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary may establish under section
5 of this proclamation.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to
derogate from United States obligations under applicable international
agreements.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility to
implement this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary
may establish.
Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and shall
remain in effect, in whole or in part, until such time as the Secretary
of State determines that it is no longer necessary and should be
terminated, in whole or in part. The Secretary of State's determination
shall be effective upon publication of such determination in the Federal
Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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