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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2002
Contents:
Memorandum on FY 2003 Refugee Admissions Consultations,
September 17, 2002
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: FY 2003 Refugee Admissions Consultations
In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), you are authorized to consult with the appropriate committees of the Congress concerning refugee admissions as follows:
1. The authorization of 70,000 refugee admissions during FY 2003, to be allocated by specific region as follows: Africa...................................................... 20,000
East Asia (including Amerasians)............................ 4,000
Latin America/Caribbean..................................... 2,500
Near East/South Asia........................................ 7,000
Former Soviet Union......................................... 14,000
Eastern Europe.............................................. 2,500
Unallocated Reserve......................................... 20,000 2. The authorization of an additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers to be made available for the adjustment to permanent resident status of persons who have been granted asylum in the United States;
3. The designation, pursuant to section 101(a)(42)(B) of the INA, of persons in Cuba, Vietnam, and the former Soviet Union, who, if they otherwise qualify for admission as refugees, may be considered refugees under the INA even though they are still within their country of nationality or habitual residence.
George W. Bush
Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on September 19.
Contents:
Chicago: George W. Bush, "Memorandum on Fy 2003 Refugee Admissions Consultations, September 17, 2002," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2002 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, September 20, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002), 38:1578-1579 Original Sources, accessed September 29, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Y8GLYKDWJLI4MCW.
MLA: Bush, George W. "Memorandum on Fy 2003 Refugee Admissions Consultations, September 17, 2002." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2002, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, September 20, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002), 38:1578-1579, Original Sources. 29 Sep. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Y8GLYKDWJLI4MCW.
Harvard: Bush, GW, 'Memorandum on Fy 2003 Refugee Admissions Consultations, September 17, 2002' in Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2002. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, September 20, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002), 38:1578-1579. Original Sources, retrieved 29 September 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Y8GLYKDWJLI4MCW.
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