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Ärende: Press Release (0706295) for Fri, 2007 Jun 29
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Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible
for Policies and Actions That Threaten Lebanon's Sovereignty and Democracy
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary June 29, 2007

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible
for Policies and Actions That Threaten Lebanon's Sovereignty and Democracy
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

˙˙White House News


In order to foster democratic institutions in Lebanon, to help the Lebanese
people preserve their sovereignty and achieve their aspirations for
democracy and regional stability, and to end the sponsorship of terrorism
in Lebanon, it is in the interest of the United States to restrict the
international travel, and to suspend the entry into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, of aliens who deliberately undermine or harm
Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic
institutions, contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, or
benefit from policies or actions that do so, including through the
sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence and intimidation,
or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), 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 sections 2 and 3 of
this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the United States.

I therefore hereby proclaim that:

Section 1. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of the following aliens is hereby suspended:

(a) Lebanese government officials, former Lebanese government officials,
and private persons who deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon's
sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or
contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including
through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence or
intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon;

(b) Syrian government officials, former Syrian government officials, and
persons who meet the criteria for designation under section 3(a)(i) or (ii)
of Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, who deliberately undermine or
harm Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic
institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon,
including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated
violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon;

(c) Persons in Lebanon who act on behalf of, or actively promote the
interests of, Syrian government officials by deliberately undermining or
harming Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic
institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon,
including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated
violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon;

(d) Persons who, through their business dealings with any of the persons
described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, derive
significant financial benefit from, or materially support, policies or
actions that deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon's sovereignty, its
legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or contribute to the
breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship
of terrorism, politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the
reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon; and

(e) The spouses and dependent children of persons described in subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section.

Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to any
person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person would not
be contrary to the interests of the United States.

Sec. 3. Persons covered by section 1 or 2 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 5 of this proclamation.

Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate from
U.S. Government obligations under applicable international agreements.

Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for implementing
this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary, in the
Secretary's sole discretion, may establish.

Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately. It 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 be published in the
Federal Register.

Sec. 7. This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law
or in equity, by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any
other person.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty eighth day of
June, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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