Refugee Act of 1980

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alignment gptkb:United_Nations_1951_Convention_and_1967_Protocol_on_the_Status_of_Refugees
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Immigration_and_Nationality_Act
gptkb:Migration_and_Refugee_Assistance_Act
gptkbp:annualRefugeeAdmissionsCeiling set by the President in consultation with Congress
gptkbp:appliesTo refugees and asylees
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:8_U.S.C._§_1101_et_seq.
gptkbp:created federal-state cooperative programs for refugee assistance
gptkbp:defines refugee
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established gptkb:Office_of_Refugee_Resettlement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Refugee Act of 1980
gptkbp:influenced U.S. refugee policy
gptkbp:providesFor federal funding for refugee resettlement
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_96-212
gptkbp:purpose 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
gptkbp:repealedBy previous ad hoc refugee admission laws
gptkbp:requires consultation between the President and Congress on refugee admissions
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
March 17, 1980
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:immigration_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5