Sep 30 2009
Presidential Memoranda, 9/30/09
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release September 30, 2009 September 30, 2009 Presidential Determination No. 2009-32 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2010 Refugee Admissions Numbers andAuthorizations of In-Country Refugee StatusPursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42),Respectively, of the Immigration and NationalityAct, and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2)of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, asAmended In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and NationalityAct (the "Act") (8 U.S.C. 1157), as amended, and afterappropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make thefollowing determinations and authorize the following actions: The admission of up to 80,000 refugees to the United Statesduring Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 is justified by humanitarianconcerns or is otherwise in the national interest; provided thatthis number shall be understood as including persons admitted tothe United States during FY 2010 with Federal refugeeresettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissionsprogram, as provided below.
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Presidential Memoranda, 9/30/09