[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 50 (Monday, December 20, 1993)]
[Page 2567]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 6636--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants 
of Persons Who Formulate, Implement, or Benefit From Policies That Are 
Impeding the Transition to Democracy in Nigeria

 December 10, 1993

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    In light of the political crisis in Nigeria, I have determined that 
it is in the interests of the United States to restrict the entrance 
into the United States as immigrants and nonimmigrants of certain 
Nigerian nationals who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies 
that impede Nigeria's transition to democracy, and the immediate 
families of such persons.
    Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, by the power vested in me as 
President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
America, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
of 1952, as amended (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 section 
2 or 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the 
United States. I hereby proclaim that:
    Section 1. The entry into the United States as immigrants and 
nonimmigrants of persons who formulate, implement, or benefit from 
policies that impede Nigeria's transition to democracy, and the 
immediate family members of such persons, is hereby suspended.
    Sec. 2. Section 1 shall not apply with respect to any person 
otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such persons would not be 
contrary to the interests of the United States.
    Sec. 3. Persons covered by sections 1 and 2 shall be identified 
pursuant to procedures established by the Secretary of State, as 
authorized in section 5 below.
    Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate 
from United States Government obligations under applicable international 
agreements.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility to 
implement this proclamation pursuant to procedures the Secretary may 
establish.
    Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately and shall remain 
in effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it 
is no longer necessary and should be terminated.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of 
December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-three, and 
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
eighteenth.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:39 a.m., December 13, 
1993]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on December 11, and it was published in the Federal Register 
on December 14.