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The
White House
Office of the Press
Secretary
August 04, 2011
Presidential
Proclamation--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons
Who Participate in Serious Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Violations and
Other Abuses
SUSPENSION OF ENTRY AS IMMIGRANTS AND
NONIMMIGRANTS OF PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS AND
HUMANITARIAN LAW VIOLATIONS AND OTHER ABUSES
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The
United States enduring commitment to respect for human rights and humanitarian
law requires that its Government be able to ensure that the United States does
not become a safe haven for serious violators of human rights and humanitarian
law and those who engage in other related abuses. Universal respect for
human rights and humanitarian law and the prevention of atrocities
internationally promotes U.S. values and fundamental U.S. interests in helping
secure peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and
corruption, strengthen democracies, and prevent humanitarian crises around the
globe. I therefore have determined that it is in the interests of the
United States to take action to restrict the international travel and to suspend
the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of certain
persons who have engaged in the acts outlined in section 1 of this
proclamation.
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, by the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United 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 nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons
described in section 1 of this proclamation would be detrimental to the
interests of the United States. I therefore hereby proclaim that:
Section 1. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of the following persons is hereby suspended:
(a) Any alien who
planned, ordered, assisted, aided and abetted, committed or otherwise
participated in, including through command responsibility, widespread or
systematic violence against any civilian population based in whole or in part
on race; color; descent; sex; disability; membership in an indigenous group;
language; religion; political opinion; national origin; ethnicity; membership
in a particular social group; birth; or sexual orientation or gender identity,
or who attempted or conspired to do so.
(b) Any alien who
planned, ordered, assisted, aided and abetted, committed or otherwise
participated in, including through command responsibility, war crimes, crimes
against humanity or other serious violations of human rights, or who attempted
or conspired to do so.
Sec. 2.
Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to any person
otherwise covered by section 1 where the entry of such person would not harm
the foreign relations interests of the United States.
Sec. 3.
The Secretary of State, or the Secretary's designee, in his or her sole
discretion, shall identify persons covered by section 1 of this proclamation,
pursuant to such standards and procedures as the Secretary may establish.
Sec. 4.
The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for implementing this
proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
Sec. 5.
For any person whose entry is otherwise suspended under this proclamation entry
will be denied, unless the Secretary of State determines that the particular
entry of such person would be in the interests of the United States. In
exercising such authority, the Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary
of Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility or inadmissibility
within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Sec. 6.
Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate from United States
Government obligations under applicable international agreements, or to suspend
entry based solely on an alien's ideology, opinions, or beliefs, or based
solely on expression that would be considered protected under U.S.
interpretations of international agreements to which the United States is a
party. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to limit the
authority of the United States to admit or to suspend entry of particular
individuals into the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) or under any other
provision of U.S. law.
Sec. 7.
This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its
officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
Sec. 8.
This proclamation is effective immediately and shall remain in effect until
such time as the Secretary of State determines that it is no longer necessary
and should be terminated, either in whole or in part. Any such
termination shall become effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of August, in the
year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
BARACK OBAMA
