Presidential Documents

60943

Federal Register 

Vol. 69, No. 198

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Title 3— 

The President 

Presidential Determination No. 2004–53 of September 30, 2004

Presidential Determination on FY 2005 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 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State 

In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(the ‘‘Act’’) (8 U.S.C. 1157), as amended, and after appropriate consultations 

with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize 

the following actions: 

The admission of up to 70,000 refugees to the United States during FY 

2005 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 2005 with Federal 

refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions 

program, as provided below. 

The 70,000 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 2005 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); 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 ........................................... 13,000

Europe and Central Asia ................. 9,500

Latin America/Caribbean ................. 5,000

Near East/South Asia ....................... 2,500

Unallocated Reserve ........................ 20,000

The 20,000 unallocated refugee numbers shall be allocated to regional ceilings 

as needed. Upon providing notification to the Judiciary Committees of the 

Congress, you are hereby authorized to use unallocated numbers in regions 

where the need for additional numbers arises. 

Additionally, upon notification to the Judiciary Committees of the Congress, 

you are further authorized to transfer unused numbers allocated to a particular region to one or more other regions, if there is a need for greater 

numbers for the region or regions to which the numbers are being transferred. 

Consistent with section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 

Act of 1962, as amended, 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. 

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An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall be made available 

during FY 2005 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 2005, 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 

d. In exceptional circumstances, persons identified by a U.S. Embassy 

in and location 

You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress 

immediately and to publish it in the 

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Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 30, 2004. 

[FR Doc. 04–23046

Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am] 

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