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Ronald Reagan: “By the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, I have determined that it is in…”

On the recordOctober 21, 1988
By the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, I have determined that it is in the interests of the United States to impose certain restrictions on entry into the United States of officers and employees of the Government of Nicaragua and the Sandinista National Liberation Front.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 5887—Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Officers and Employees of the Nicaraguan Government

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