Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026

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 m…