Under the INA, a refugee is a person who is outside his or her country and who is unable or unwilling to return because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) of the Department of State (DOS) coordinates and manages the U.S. refugee program, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) makes final determinations about eligibility for admission. Refugee Admissions

By law, the annual number of refugee admissions and the allocation of these numbers by region of the world are set by the President after consultation with Congress. Refugee admissions for FY2018 totaled 22,491, about half the FY2018 ceiling of 45,000. These FY2018 admissions represented the lowest annual level of refugee arrivals in the United States since the establishment of the U.S. refugee admissions program in 1980. The refugee ceiling for FY2019 is 30,000. The FY2019 refugee ceiling is 30,000, the same as proposed in the FY2019 consultation document. East Asia's FY2019 allocation is 4,000. Europe and Central Asia have a combined FY2019 allocation of 3,000 refugee admissions. The Near East/South Asia allocation for FY2019 is 9,000. Generally, it arranges for a nongovernmental organization (NGO), an international organization, or U.S. embassy contractors to manage a Resettlement Support Center (RSC) that assists in refugee processing. Refugee processing is conducted through a system of three priorities for admission. Priority 2 covers groups of special humanitarian concern to the United States. Priority 3 covers family reunification cases. USCIS is responsible for adjudicating refugee cases. To be eligible for admission to the United States as a refugee, an individual must meet the INA definition of a refugee, not be firmly resettled in another country, be determined to be of special humanitarian concern to the United States, and be admissible to the United States. Refugee Resettlement Assistance

The HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), administers a transitional assistance program for temporarily dependent refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and other specified humanitarian groups.
A refugee is a person fleeing his or her country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Typically, the annual number of refugees that can be admitted into the United States, known as the refugee ceiling, and the allocation of these numbers by region are set by the President after consultation with Congress at the start of each fiscal year.
For FY2019, the worldwide refugee ceiling is 30,000. The FY2019 regional allocations are, as follows: Africa (11,000), East Asia (4,000), Europe and Central Asia (3,000), Latin America/ Caribbean (3,000), and Near East/South Asia (9,000). This 30,000 ceiling is the lowest annual ceiling since the establishment of the U.S. refugee admissions program in 1980. Refugee admissions in FY2018 totaled 22,491, the lowest annual level of refugee arrivals in the United States in the history of the refugee admissions program.
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) within the Department of State (DOS) coordinates and manages the U.S. refugee program. Generally, PRM arranges for a nongovernmental organization, an international organization, or U.S. embassy contractors to manage a Resettlement Support Center that assists in refugee processing.
Overseas processing of refugees is conducted through a system of three priorities for admission. Priority 1 comprises cases involving persons facing compelling security concerns. Priority 2 comprises cases involving persons from specific groups of special humanitarian concern to the United States (e.g., Iranian religious minorities). Priority 3 comprises family reunification cases involving close relatives of persons admitted as refugees or granted asylum.
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is responsible for adjudicating refugee cases. To be eligible for admission to the United States as a refugee, an individual must meet the definition of a refugee, not be firmly resettled in another country, be determined to be of special humanitarian concern to the United States, and be admissible to the United States.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS/ORR) administers a transitional assistance program for temporarily dependent refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and others. For FY2018, the Refugee and Entrant Assistance account was funded at $2.051 billion.