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Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-066 Order Primary source read

Presidential Proclamation on Novel Coronavirus (travel.state.gov summary of the country entry suspensions, as of Mar. 14, 2020)

Presidential Proclamation on Novel Coronavirus

Department of State · United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency)
Level
Federal
Authority
Implementation of Proclamations 9984, 9992, 9993, 9996 under INA 212(f)
Issued
2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020
Effective
2020-02-02 (China), 2020-03-02 (Iran), 2020-03-13 (Schengen), 2020-03-16 (UK and Ireland) (read as 2020-02-02)
End
2021-11-08 (Proclamation 10294; FED-B) (read as 2021-11-08)
In force
Feb. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantine
Addressees
  • aliens physically present in the named countries within 14 days before entry
  • carriers
Functions reached
  • TR
  • CB international customers and business visitors
  • SC supplier travel
  • HR
Collection
Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION

Operative words

On Friday, January 31, President Trump signed a proclamation suspending entry into the United States of aliens who were physically present in the People's Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, within the 14 days preceding their entry or attempted entry... On Saturday, February 29, President Trump signed a second proclamation suspending entry into the United States of aliens who were physically present in Iran... On Thursday, March 11, President Trump signed a third proclamation suspending entry into the United States of aliens who were physically present in any of the 26 countries that make up the Schengen Area... On March 14, President Trump signed a fourth proclamation that restricts travel to the United States of foreign nationals who were physically present in the United Kingdom and Ireland... This proclamation is in effect as of 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on March 16, 2020.

Enforcement

Consular and CBP implementation under INA 212(f) and 215(a)

Notes

Context only; the proclamations themselves are FED-B exhibits. Retained because it is the consular agency's contemporaneous statement of the entry suspensions' scope and dates.

Retrieval note

Secondary in substance (summary of other instruments) but primary as the Department's own page.