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News: Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Policies or Actions That Threaten Venezuela's Democratic Institutions

October 1, 2019

<pre>[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 51931-51933] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href=”http://www.gpo.gov”>www.gpo.gov</a>] [FR Doc No: 2019-21398] [[Page 51929]]

Vol. 84

Monday,

No. 189

September 30, 2019

Part V

The President

———————————————————————–

Proclamation 9931–Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants
of Persons Responsible for Policies or Actions That Threaten
Venezuela’s Democratic Institutions

Proclamation 9932–Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants
of Senior Officials of the Government of Iran

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 189 / Monday, September 30, 2019 /
Presidential Documents

___________________________________________________________________

Title 3–
The President

[[Page 51931]]

Proclamation 9931 of September 25, 2019

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and
Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Policies or
Actions That Threaten Venezuela’s Democratic
Institutions

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

There remains a political and humanitarian crisis in
Venezuela due to the continued failure of Nicolas
Maduro, Maduro regime officials, and others to support
the rule of law. Given the importance to the United
States of fostering the functioning of constitutional
government and democratic institutions in Venezuela, I
have determined that it is in the interest of the
United States to take action to restrict and suspend
the entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of senior members of the regime of
Nicolas Maduro and others described in this
proclamation who formulate, implement, or benefit from
policies or actions that undermine or injure
Venezuela’s democratic institutions or impede the
restoration of constitutional government to Venezuela.
This suspension is not intended to apply to those who
cease these actions and who take concrete steps to help
return Venezuela to a functioning, democratic country.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, by the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and
215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8
U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a)) and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted
immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States
of persons described in section 1 of this proclamation
would, except as provided for in section 4 of this
proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the
United States, and that their entry should be subject
to certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions. I
therefore hereby proclaim the following:

Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The
entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of the following persons is hereby
suspended:

(a) Members of the regime of Nicolas Maduro at the
level of Vice Minister, or equivalent, and above;
(b) All officers of the Venezuelan military,
police, or National Guard at the rank of Colonel, or
equivalent, and above;
(c) All members of the organization known as the
National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela;
(d) All other aliens who act on behalf of or in
support of the Maduro regime’s efforts to undermine or
injure Venezuela’s democratic institutions or impede
the restoration of constitutional government to
Venezuela;
(e) Aliens who derive significant financial benefit
from transactions or business dealings with persons
described in subsections (a) through (d) of this
section; and
(f) The immediate family members of persons
described in subsections (a) through (e) of this
section.

Sec. 2. Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of
State. Persons covered by section 1 of this
proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of

[[Page 51932]]

State, or the Secretary’s designee, in his or her sole
discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary may establish under section 3 of this
proclamation.

Sec. 3. Implementation of Suspension and Limitation on
Entry. The Secretary of State shall implement this
proclamation as it applies to visas pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement this
proclamation as it applies to the entry of aliens
pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, may establish.

Sec. 4. Scope of Suspension and Limitation on Entry.
Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:

(a) Any lawful permanent resident of the United
States;
(b) Any individual who has been granted asylum by
the United States, any refugee who has already been
admitted to the United States, or any individual
granted withholding of removal or protection under the
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and nothing in this
proclamation shall be construed to affect any
individual’s eligibility for asylum, refugee status,
withholding of removal, or protection under the
Convention Against Torture, consistent with the laws
and regulations of the United States; and
(c) Any person otherwise covered by section 1 of
this proclamation, upon determination by the Secretary
of State that the person’s entry would not be contrary
to the interests of the United States, including when
the Secretary so determines, based on a recommendation
of the Attorney General, that the person’s entry would
further important United States law enforcement
objectives. In exercising this responsibility, the
Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of
Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility
or inadmissibility within the authority of the
Secretary of Homeland Security.

Sec. 5. Termination. This proclamation shall remain in
effect until such time as the Secretary of State
determines that it is no longer necessary and should be
terminated, either in whole or in part. Any such
determination by the Secretary of State shall become
effective upon publication in the Federal Register.

Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
proclamation shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:

(i) United States Government obligations under applicable international
agreements;

(ii) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or

(iii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This proclamation shall be implemented
consistent with applicable law and subject to the
availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.

[[Page 51933]]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
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