gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act
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gptkbp:category
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Refugee law
Immigration law of the United States
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1980
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gptkbp:defines
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refugee
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:establishes
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gptkb:Office_of_Refugee_Resettlement
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Refugee Act
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:United_Nations_1951_Convention_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees
gptkb:1967_Protocol_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:publicLawNumber
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gptkb:Public_Law_96-212
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gptkbp:purpose
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to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to the United States of refugees
to provide comprehensive and uniform provisions for the resettlement and absorption of refugees
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gptkbp:setsAnnualCap
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50,000 refugees per fiscal year (subject to presidential adjustment)
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:immigration_law
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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