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On the recordMarch 14, 2013
I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to defer for 18 months the removal of any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Memorandum on Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians

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