# 8 U.S.C. § 1157: Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refugees

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## Section

- **Citation:** 8 U.S.C. § 1157
- **Heading:** Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refugees
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** April 17, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY > CHAPTER 12—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY > SUBCHAPTER II—IMMIGRATION > Part I—Selection System

## Text

Except as provided in subsection (b), the number of refugees who may be admitted under this section in fiscal year 1980, 1981, or 1982, may not exceed fifty thousand unless the President determines, before the beginning of the fiscal year and after appropriate consultation (as defined in subsection (e)), that admission of a specific number of refugees in excess of such number is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.

( June 27, 1952, ch. 477 , title II, ch. 1, § 207, as added Pub. L. 96–212, title II, § 201(b) , Mar. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 103 ; amended Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(h) , Oct. 24, 1988 , 102 Stat. 2620 ; Pub. L. 101–649, title I, § 104(b) , title VI, § 603(a)(4), Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4985 , 5082; Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 307 ( l )(1), Dec. 12, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1756 ; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title VI, § 601(b) , Sept. 30, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3009–689 ; Pub. L. 105–292, title VI, § 602(a) , Oct. 27, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2812 ; Pub. L. 107–208, § 5 , Aug. 6, 2002 , 116 Stat. 929 ; Pub. L. 109–13, div. B, title I, § 101(g)(2) , May 11, 2005 , 119 Stat. 305 .)

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