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Proclamation 6685

Suspension of Entry of Aliens Whose Entry is Barred Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 917 or Who Formulate, Implement, or Benefit from Policies that are Impeding the Negotiations Seeking the Return to Constitutional Rule in Haiti

President Clinton invoked INA § 212(f) to suspend entry of Haitian military officers, coup participants, their families, and others who benefit from policies impeding restoration of constitutional rule in Haiti, effective May 8, 1994. The proclamation revoked an earlier Haiti-related proclamation and delegated implementation to the Secretary of State with no fixed end date.

Federal Register 59 FR 24337
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Impact dates

  1. Secretary of State to establish identification procedures

  2. Entry suspension takes effect

Key directives

  • Suspend immigrant and nonimmigrant entry for aliens described in UNSCR 917 paragraph 3 (Haitian military, coup participants, their employees, and immediate families)
  • Suspend entry for aliens who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies impeding restoration of constitutional government in Haiti and their immediate families
  • Secretary of State to establish procedures to identify covered aliens
  • Revoke Proclamation 6569 of June 3, 1993

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Entry suspension takes effect 11:59 p.m. EDT May 8, 1994
  • Proclamation 6569 revoked

Near term (90d)

  • Secretary of State to establish identification procedures for covered aliens

Long term

  • Suspension remains until Secretary of State determines termination is warranted

Risks & tensions

  • No defined criteria for 'benefit from policies' in Section 2 creates broad discretionary authority and potential due process concerns
  • Indefinite duration contingent on Secretary of State determination provides no predictable sunset
  • Family-based coverage (immediate families) extends sanctions to persons not directly involved in policy formulation
  • Vague 'not contrary to the interests of the United States' waiver standard in Section 4 lacks transparency
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