美國國務卿蓬佩奧:
“Today, I am announcing visa restrictions on current and former CCP officials who are believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy, as guaranteed in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, or undermining human rights and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong. Family members of such persons may also be subject to these restrictions.”
「今天，我要宣布對中共現任和前任中共官員的簽證限制，他們被認為有責任或同謀破壞了1984年《中英聯合聲明》所保障的香港的高度自治，或破壞了人權和基本權利及香港的自由。 這些人的家庭成員也可能受到這些限制。」
補充：
這不是用［香港自治法］實施的制裁，因為自治法未正式通過，尚欠眾議院通過及總統簽署。
這次行動正如新聞聲明首段所說：
“President Trump promised to punish the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who were responsible for eviscerating Hong Kong’s freedoms. Today, we are taking action to do just that.”
「特朗譜總統承諾制裁有份剝削香港自由的中共官員。今天我們為此作出行動。」