83 FR 55091 - Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019

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Vol. 83

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No. 212

November 1, 2018

Part III

The President

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Presidential Determination No. 2019-01 of October 4, 2018--Presidential
Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019

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Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 212 / Thursday, November 1, 2018 /
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Title 3--
The President

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Presidential Determination No. 2019-01 of October 4,
2018

Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
for Fiscal Year 2019

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States, in
accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (the ``Act'') (8 U.S.C. 1157), after
appropriate consultations with the Congress, and
consistent with the Report on Proposed Refugee
Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019 submitted to the
Congress on September 17, 2018, I hereby determine and
authorize as follows:

The admission of up to 30,000 refugees to the United
States during Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 is justified by
humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national
interest. This number includes persons admitted to the
United States during FY 2019 with Federal refugee
resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant
admissions program, as provided below.

The admissions shall be allocated among refugees of
special humanitarian concern to the United States in
accordance with the following regional allocations:

Africa................................................. 11,000 ......
East Asia.............................................. 4,000 ......
Europe and Central Asia................................ 3,000 ......
Latin America/Caribbean................................ 3,000 ......
Near East/South Asia................................... 9,000 ......

The number of admissions allocated to the East Asia
region shall include persons admitted to the United
States during FY 2019 with Federal refugee resettlement
assistance under section 584 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act of 1988, as contained in section 101(e) of Public
Law 100-202 (Amerasian immigrants and their family
members).

Additionally, you are authorized, following
notification of the appropriate committees of the
Congress, to transfer unused admissions allocated to a
region to one or more other regions, if greater
admissions are needed for such region or regions.

Consistent with section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(b)), I
hereby determine that assistance to or on behalf of
persons applying for admission to the United States as
part of the overseas refugee admissions program will
contribute to the foreign policy interests of the
United States, and I accordingly designate such persons
for this purpose.

Consistent with section 101(a)(42) of the Act (8 U.S.C.
1101 (a)(42)), and after appropriate consultation with
the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 2019, the
following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be
considered refugees for the purpose of admission to the
United States within their countries of nationality or
habitual residence:

a. persons in Cuba
b. persons in Eurasia and the Baltics
c. persons in Iraq

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d. persons in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador
e. persons identified by a United States Embassy in
any location, in exceptional circumstances.

You are authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, October 4, 2018

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$55091 Federal Register Presidential Documents Vol. 83, No. 212 Thursday, November 1, 2018 Title 3— Presidential Determination No. 2019–01 of October 4, 2018 The President Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019 Memorandum for the Secretary of State By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the ‘‘Act’’) (8 U.S.C. 1157), after appropriate consulta- tions with the Congress, and consistent with the Report on Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019 submitted to the Congress on September 17, 2018, I hereby determine and authorize as follows: The admission of up to 30,000 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. This number includes persons admitted to the United States during FY 2019 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions program, as provided below. The admissions shall be allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States in accordance with the following regional allocations: Africa ................................................ 11,000 East Asia ........................................... 4,000 Europe and Central Asia ................. 3,000 Latin America/Caribbean ................. 3,000 Near East/South Asia ....................... 9,000 The number of admissions allocated to the East Asia region shall include persons admitted to the United States during FY 2019 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988, as contained in section 101(e) of Public Law 100–202 (Amerasian immigrants and their family members). Additionally, you are authorized, following notification of the appropriate committees of the Congress, to transfer unused admissions allocated to a region to one or more other regions, if greater admissions are needed for such region or regions. Consistent with section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(b)), I hereby determine that assistance to or on behalf of persons applying for admission to the United States as part of the overseas refugee admissions program will contribute to the foreign policy interests of the United States, and I accordingly designate such persons for this purpose. Consistent with section 101(a)(42) of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 (a)(42)), and after appropriate consultation with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 2019, the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be considered amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PRESDOC refugees for the purpose of admission to the United States within their countries of nationality or habitual residence: a. persons in Cuba b. persons in Eurasia and the Baltics c. persons in Iraq VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:29 Oct 31, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4705 Sfmt 4790 E:\FR\FM\01NOO0.SGM 01NOO0$

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FR Citation		83 FR 55091