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Bill Clinton: “I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to defer for 1 year the deportation of…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2000
I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to defer for 1 year the deportation of any Liberian national who is present in the United States as of September 29, 2000.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Memorandum on Measures Regarding Certain Liberians in the United States

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