THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release September 29, 2000
September 29, 2000
Presidential Determination
No. 2000-32
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on FY 2001 Refugee
Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee
Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42),
Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and
Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration
and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended
In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the
"Act") (8 U.S.C. 1157), as amended, and after appro-priate consultation
with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize
the following actions:
The admission of up to 80,000 refugees to the United States during FY 2001
is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national
interest; provided, however, that this number shall be understood as
including persons admitted to the United States during FY 2001 with Federal
refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.
The 80,000 admissions numbers shall be allocated among refugees of special
humanitarian concern to the United States in accordance with the following
regional allocations; provided, however, that the number allocated to the
East Asia region shall include persons admitted to the United States during
FY 2001 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under section 584 of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-grams
Appropriations Act of 1988, as contained in section 101(e) of Public Law
100-202 (Amerasian immigrants and their family members); provided further
that the number allocated to the former Soviet Union shall include persons
admitted who were
nationals of the former Soviet Union, or in the case of persons having no
nationality, who were habitual residents of the former Soviet Union, prior
to September 2, 1991:
Africa................................20,000
East Asia..............................6,000
Eastern Europe........................20,000
Former Soviet Union...................17,000
Latin America/Caribbean................3,000
Near East/South Asia..................10,000
Unallocated............................4,000
The 4,000 unallocated numbers shall be allocated as needed to regional
ceilings where shortfalls develop. Unused admissions numbers allocated to
a particular region may be transferred to
one or more other regions if there is an overriding need for greater
numbers for the region or regions to which the numbers are being
transferred. You are hereby authorized and directed to consult with the
Judiciary Committees of the Congress prior to any such use of the
unallocated numbers or reallocation of numbers from one region to another.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of
1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(b)(2), 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 designate such persons
for this purpose.
An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall be made available
during FY 2001 for the adjustment to permanent resident status under
section 209(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)) of
aliens who have been granted asylum in the United States under section 208
of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), as this is justified by humanitarian concerns
or is otherwise in the national interest.
In accordance 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 2001, 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 Vietnam
b. Persons in Cuba
c. Persons in the former Soviet Union
You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the
Congress immediately and to publish it in the Federal Register.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
cc: The Attorney General
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
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