During the chaotic United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, our allies sought safety from Taliban rule through a variety of U.S. refugee, visa, and parole programs. Two years later, an unconscionable number of our allies remain in limbo, whether awaiting processing in Afghanistan…
in the U.S. In fiscal 2021, Customs and Border Protection data showed just 72 encounters with Afghans at the southwestern border. In fiscal 2022, the number increased to 1,676. In the first nine months of fiscal 2023, 10,190 Afghans arrived at the southwestern border.
Afghans who have requested asylum at the southwestern border do not receive the benefits afforded to those who arrived under Operation Allies Welcome. They are often granted conditional parole and placed under removal proceedings with the more thanWashington Examiner that some Afghans are being placed in detention facilities. In the past year, Ayub said her organization has “assisted tens of detained Afghans,” some of whom “worked with U.S.-affiliated nonprofit organizations, or worked under the previous Afghan government … but do not qualify for existing pathways to refuge.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to a request for the number of Afghans currently in its detention facilities.
In addition to passing this legislation, Congress, the Biden administration, and bureaucratic leaders must acknowledge the dangers that plague our overseas allies by increasing processing speeds while alleviating hardships for allies who have escaped the violence of their homeland to seek asylum at the southwestern border.
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