Barack Obama: “I therefore hereby proclaim that the entry into the United States, as…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2011

I therefore hereby proclaim that the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of the following persons is hereby suspended.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8693—Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International...

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