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Jimmy Carter: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Section 215 of…”

On the recordApril 6, 1980
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Section 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1185), and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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