Title 3--The President propriations Act of 1988, as contained in section 101(e) of Public Law 100- 202 (Amerasian immigrants and their family members); provided further that the number allocated to the former Soviet Union shall include persons admitted who were nationals of the former Soviet Union, or in the case of persons having no nationality, who were habitual residents of the former Soviet Union, prior to September 2, 1991: Africa ...................................... 20,000 East Asia ................................. 4,000 Eastern Europe ....................... 2,500 Former Soviet Union ............. 14,000 Latin America/Caribbean ....... 2,500 Near East/South Asia ............. 7,000 Unallocated Reserve .............. 20,000 The 20,000 unallocated numbers shall be allocated as needed to regional ceilings where shortfalls develop. Unused admissions numbers allocated to a particular region may be transferred to one or more other regions if there is an overriding need for greater numbers for the region or regions to which the numbers are being transferred. You are hereby authorized and directed to consult with the Judiciary Committees of the Congress prior to any such use of the unallocated numbers or reallocation of numbers from one region to another. Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, I hereby determine that assistance to or on behalf of per- sons applying for admission to the United States as part of the overseas ref- ugee admissions program will contribute to the foreign policy interests of the United States and designate such persons for this purpose. An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall be made available during FY 2003 for the adjustment to permanent resident status under sec- tion 209(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)) of aliens who have been granted asylum in the United States under section 208 of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), as this is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. In accordance with section 101(a)(42) of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 2003, the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be considered refu- gees for the purpose of admission to the United States within their coun- tries of nationality or habitual residence: a. Persons in Vietnam b. Persons in Cuba c. Persons in the former Soviet Union You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the Con- gress immediately and to publish it in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 16, 2002. 314
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