Section 207 of the INA provides that the President of the United States, after appropriate consultation, justified by grave humanitarian concerns, may fix a number of refugees to be admitted to the United States during the succeeding year.
Follow the link below to see the numbers of overseas refugees admitted:
Following this link will help students in Professor Birdsong Refugee Law Seminar better distinguish Withholding of Deportation from political asylum:
8 USC 1101(a)
INA 101(a)
Imagine. All of you in this seminar room represent the inner cabinet for an enlightened and popular president of the prosperous, stable country of Fredonia. It is a party to the main international human rights treaties and also to the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol. But most other countries in the region are developing countries saddled with various economic and political problems. Two of those nearby countries Birdsonia and Dugostan, though not immediately on the Fredonia border, present particular forced migration issues.
Professor Birdsong teaches Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Evidence, Federal Jurisdiction, and Immigration Law at Barry School of Law.