[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10598]
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Vol. 91
Wednesday,
No. 101
May 27, 2026
Part IV
The President
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Presidential Determination No. 2026-14 of May 21, 2026--Emergency
Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026
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Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 101 / Wednesday, May 27, 2026 /
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The President
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Presidential Determination No. 2026-14 of May 21, 2026
Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee
Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary
of Homeland Security[, and] the Secretary of Health and
Human Services
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States, in
accordance with section 207(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA)(8 U.S.C. 1157(b)), and after
appropriate consultations with the Congress, I have
determined that, subsequent to the signing of
Presidential Determination 2025-13 of September 30,
2025 (Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
for Fiscal Year 2026) (PD 2025-13), an unforeseen
emergency refugee situation now exists due to recent
increases in the incitement of racially motivated
violence on the part of the Government of South Africa
and leaders of prominent political parties in South
Africa, as well as new disruptions of United States
Refugee Admissions Program operations in South Africa.
I hereby determine that the admission to the United
States of Afrikaners from South Africa in response to
this emergency is justified by the grave humanitarian
concerns and is otherwise in the national interest,
that the admission of these refugees cannot be
accomplished under the refugee ceiling of 7,500 for
Fiscal Year 2026 as authorized in PD 2025-13, and that
an increase in the ceiling to 17,500 is warranted.
The additional admissions shall be allocated among
Afrikaners from South Africa, consistent with the
directives in Executive Order 14204.
Refugee admissions under this determination, which may
reach but not exceed the numerical limit described
herein, are in all respects subject to the requirements
of other Presidential policies and actions, whether
issued prior or subsequent to this determination. Those
Presidential policies and actions include, but are not
limited to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that
refugees receive the most stringent identification
verification of any class of alien seeking admission or
entry to the United States; Executive Order 14163,
which suspends the entry into the United States of
refugees other than when the Secretaries of State and
Homeland Security jointly determine that an admission
is in the national interest and does not threaten the
security and welfare of the United States; Executive
Order 14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of
Afrikaners from South Africa who are victims of unjust
racial discrimination; and Proclamation 10998 which
restricts the entry of certain foreign nationals whose
admission would be detrimental to the national
interest.
In accordance with section 101(a)(42)(B) of the INA (8
U.S.C. 110l(a)(42)(B)), and after appropriate
consultation with the Congress, I specify that, for
Fiscal Year 2026, Afrikaners from South Africa
processed consistent with the directives in Executive
Order 14204, may, if otherwise qualified, be considered
refugees for the purpose of admission to the United
States within their countries of nationality or
habitual residence.
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The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to
publish this determination in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, May 21, 2026
[FR Doc. 2026-10598
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