Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Hong Kong Residents

What Presidential Memorandum 2021-17122 says

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 151 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021) [Federal Register Volume 86, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 43587-43588] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2021-17122] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 10, 2021 / Presidential Documents [[Page 43587]] Memorandum of August 5, 2021 Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Hong Kong Residents Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Homeland Security The United States supports the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the residents of Hong Kong. Recognizing the significant erosion of those rights and freedoms in Hong Kong by the People's Republic of China (PRC), I am directing the deferral of removal of certain Hong Kong residents who are present in the United States. By unilaterally imposing on Hong Kong the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (NSL), the PRC has undermined the enjoyment of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong, including those protected under the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Since the imposition of the NSL in June 2020, Hong Kong police have continued a campaign of politically motivated arrests, taking into custody at least 100...

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