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handle is hein.crs/govbbuz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FY2020 Refugee Ceiling and Allocations November 7, 2019 On November 1, 2019, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Determination setting the FY2020 refugee ceiling at 18,000. The refugee ceiling is the maximum number of refugees that can be admitted to the United States in a fiscal year. From the start of FY2020 until the signing of the Presidential Determination, no refugees could be admitted to the United States. The FY2020 refugee ceiling of 18,000 is the lowest in the history of the U.S. refugee admissions program. The Trump Administration has reduced the refugee ceiling each year, setting it at 45,000 for FY2018 and 30,000 for FY2019. These ceilings are much lower than in previous years. Actual refugee admissions in FY2019 totaled 30,000. The refugee provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allow for the admission of a foreign national who meets the definition of a refugee, is of special humanitarian concern to the United States, and satisfies other criteria. The INA defines a refugee, in main part, as any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality ... and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well- founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. The Department of State's (DOS's) Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) coordinates and manages the U.S. refugee program. The Dopartment of I-Honeiand Security's (DHS's) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is responsible for adjudicating refugee cases. The INA authorizes the President to set the annual refugee ceiling after appropriate consultation between Administration officials and members of the House and the Senate Judiciary Committees. As part of the annual consultation process, the INA requires the President to report to the House and the Senate Judiciary Committees on the foreseeable number of refugees who will be in need of resettlement and the anticipated allocation of refugee admissions. The Administration is further required to provide the committees with a description of the number and allocation of refugees to be admitted, among other specified information. DOS, DHS, and the Department of Health and Human Services jointly issue an annual Proposed Refugee Admissions report to fulfill these consultation-related requirements. The Proposed Refkigee Admissions report for FY2020 explains the need to set the refugee ceiling at 18,000 by referencing the separate asylum system: This refugee admissions ceiling reflects the urgent need to address the border security and humanitarian crisis caused by the massive surge of aliens seeking protection at the U.S. southern border. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11196 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and C o i tees C onqgr -ess ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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