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Article: Memorandum on Measures Regarding Certain Liberians in the United States.(Brief Article)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- October 2, 2000
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September 28, 2000
Memorandum for the Attorney General
Subject: Measures Regarding Certain Liberians in the United States
Over the past 10 years, many Liberians were forced to flee their country due to civil war and widespread violence. From 1991 through 1999, we provided Liberians in the United States with Temporary Protected Status because of these difficulties. Although the civil war in Liberia ended in 1996 and conditions improved such that a further extension of Temporary Protected Status was no longer warranted, the political and economic situation continued to he fragile. On September 27, 1999, based on compelling foreign policy reasons, ...