Extending and Expanding Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Hong Kong Residents

What Presidential Memorandum 2023-02093 says

Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023) [Federal Register Volume 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 6143-6144] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2023-02093] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 20 / Tuesday, January 31, 2023 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 6143]] Memorandum of January 26, 2023 Extending and Expanding Eligibility for 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. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has continued to erode those rights and freedoms, and as such I am directing an extension and expansion of 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) in June 2020, 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. The PRC...

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