# 83 FR 55091: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019 > Federal · Presidential documents · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2018-24135 ## Section - **Citation:** 83 FR 55091 - **Heading:** Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019 - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Presidential documents - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Presidential Documents / Presidential Document / 2018-24135 ## Text [Federal Register Volume 83, Number 212 (Thursday, November 1, 2018)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 55091-55092] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-24135] [[Page 55089]] Vol. 83 Thursday, No. 212 November 1, 2018 Part III The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Presidential Determination No. 2019-01 of October 4, 2018--Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2019 Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 212 / Thursday, November 1, 2018 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 55091]] 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: 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 ...... 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. 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 [[Page 55092]] 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 [FR Doc. 2018-24135 Filed 10-31-18; 11:15 am] Billing code 4710-10-P ## Nearby sections - [80 FR 3461 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2015-01283.md) - [80 FR 6645 Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2016 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2015-02539.md) - [80 FR 9983 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/EXEC_2015-04006.md) - [80 FR 10321 Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 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