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Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Venezuelans

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Signed: 2021-01-19   Published: 2021-01-25   Federal Register document: 2021-01718

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What Presidential Memorandum 2021-01718 says

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021) [Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 6845-6846] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2021-01718] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Presidential Documents [[Page 6845]] Memorandum of January 19, 2021 Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Venezuelans Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Homeland Security The autocratic government of Nicolas Maduro has consistently violated the sovereign freedoms possessed by the Venezuelan people. Through force and fraud, the Maduro regime is responsible for the worst humanitarian crisis in the Western Hemisphere in recent memory. A catastrophic economic crisis and shortages of basic goods and medicine have forced about five million Venezuelans to flee the country, often under dangerous conditions. This Administration has imposed sanctions against Maduro and his regime, and I have recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaid[oacute], as the interim president of the country. The deteriorative condition within Venezuela, which presents an ongoing national security threat to the safety and well-being of the American people, warrants the deferral of the removal...

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