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On the recordDecember 30, 1994
I hereby determine that it is important to the national interest that up to $4,000,000 be made available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to meet the urgent and unexpected needs of Haitian and Cuban migrants.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Memorandum on Assistance to Haitian and Cuban Migrants

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