Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Senior Officials of the Government of Iran, 51935-51936 [2019-21400]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 51935-51936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21400]




                        Presidential Documents 



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

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                Proclamation 9932 of September 25, 2019

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

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The Government of Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism, 
                and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including 
                its Qods Force, supports terrorists and directly 
                engages in terrorism. Iran arbitrarily detains United 
                States citizens. The Iranian regime contributes to 
                humanitarian crises, threatens its neighbors, threatens 
                international shipping, and conducts destructive 
                cyberattacks. Given that this behavior threatens peace 
                and stability in the Middle East and beyond, 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 government officials of Iran, and their 
                immediate family members.

                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) Senior officials of the Government of Iran; and
                    (b) The immediate family members of senior 
                officials of the Government of Iran.

                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 
                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

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                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.

                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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2019-21400
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