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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8459-8461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02011]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 19 / Thursday, January 30, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14163 of January 20, 2025

                
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions 
                Program

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 
                3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose. Over the last 4 years, the United 
                States has been inundated with record levels of 
                migration, including through the U.S. Refugee 
                Admissions Program (USRAP). Cities and small towns 
                alike, from Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and Springfield, 
                Ohio, to Whitewater, Wisconsin, have seen significant 
                influxes of migrants. Even major urban centers such as 
                New York City, Chicago, and Denver have sought Federal 
                aid to manage the burden of new arrivals. Some 
                jurisdictions, like New York and Massachusetts, have 
                even recently declared states of emergency because of 
                increased migration.

                The United States lacks the ability to absorb large 
                numbers of migrants, and in particular, refugees, into 
                its communities in a manner that does not compromise 
                the availability of resources for Americans, that 
                protects their safety and security, and that ensures 
                the appropriate assimilation of refugees. This order 
                suspends the USRAP until such time as the further entry 
                into the United States of refugees aligns with the 
                interests of the United States.

                Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States 
                to ensure that public safety and national security are 
                paramount considerations in the administration of the 
                USRAP, and to admit only those refugees who can fully 
                and appropriately assimilate into the United States and 
                to ensure that the United States preserves taxpayer 
                resources for its citizens. It is also the policy of 
                the United States that, to the extent permitted by law 
                and as practicable, State and local jurisdictions be 
                granted a role in the process of determining the 
                placement or settlement in their jurisdictions of 
                aliens eligible to be admitted to the United States as 
                refugees.

                Sec. 3. Realignment of the U.S. Refugee Admissions 
                Program. (a) I hereby proclaim, pursuant to sections 
                212(f) and 215(a) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 
                1185(a), that entry into the United States of refugees 
                under the USRAP would be detrimental to the interests 
                of the United States. I therefore direct that entry 
                into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be 
                suspended--subject to the exceptions set forth in 
                subsection (c) of this section--until a finding is made 
                in accordance with section 4 of this order. This 
                suspension shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern 
                standard time on January 27, 2025.

                    (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
                suspend decisions on applications for refugee status, 
                until a finding is made in accordance with section 4 of 
                this order.
                    (c) Notwithstanding the suspension of the USRAP 
                imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this 
                section, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security may jointly determine to admit aliens 
                to the United States as refugees on a case-by-case 
                basis, in their discretion, but only so long as they 
                determine that the entry of such aliens as refugees is 
                in the national interest and does not pose a threat to 
                the security or welfare of the United States.

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                    (d) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
                consultation with the Attorney General, shall examine 
                existing law to determine the extent to which, 
                consistent with applicable law, State and local 
                jurisdictions may have greater involvement in the 
                process of determining the placement or resettlement of 
                refugees in their jurisdictions, and shall devise a 
                proposal to lawfully promote such involvement. In all 
                cases, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
                Health and Human Services shall ensure that the State 
                and local consultation requirements in 8 U.S.C. 
                1522(a)(2) are carried out with respect to all refugees 
                admitted to the United States.

                Sec. 4. Resumption of the U.S. Refugee Admissions 
                Program. Within 90 days of this order, the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary 
                of State, shall submit a report to the President 
                through the Homeland Security Advisor regarding whether 
                resumption of entry of refugees into the United States 
                under the USRAP would be in the interests of the United 
                States, in light of the policies outlined in section 2 
                of this order. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit 
                further reports every 90 days thereafter until I 
                determine that resumption of the USRAP is in the 
                interests of the United States.

                Sec. 5. Revocation. Executive Order 14013 of February 
                4, 2021 (Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle 
                Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change 
                on Migration), is hereby revoked.

                Sec. 6. Severability. If any provision of this order, 
                or the application of any provision to any person or 
                circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of 
                this order and the application of its other provisions 
                to any other persons or circumstances shall not be 
                affected thereby.

                Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.

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                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 20, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02011
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