Ted Cruz claimed Afghan refugees can call an uber to leave their holding location in the U.S. as Republican criticism of the Biden administration's vetting process ramped up ahead of the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan.
The Texas Republican senator took an aerial tour of Fort Bliss, one of the military bases receiving Afghan refugees, and said the perimeter around the housing area is 'not secure'.
He also said officials at the fort told him refugees can order ubers to visit nearby El Paso.'The leadership at Fort Bliss told me about one of the refugees who called an uber and took an uber to downtown El Paso and they are not detaining anyone there so if 10,000 refugees arrive there, every one of those 10,000 can choose to leave tomorrow,' Cruz said late on Friday.
Biden announced on Sunday evening that the Department of Homeland Security, which is also handling the migrants illegally crossing the border and damage from Hurricane Ida, would be the lead agency coordinating ongoing efforts across the federal government to resettle the Afghan refugees.
As more and more refugees poured into the U.S. as American forces wound down operations in Afghanistan, the Pentagon added three more bases to the four other bases handling refugees: Marine Corps Base Quantico and Fort Pickett in Virginia, and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
Marisol Girela of RAICES, an organization that helps refugees resettle in Texas, said her group has seen a 'dramatic' rise in refugees.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday defended the vetting process and the method getting Afghan refugees out of that country but checked before coming to the U.S.Many refugees first stop in another country - like Germany or Qater - where the vetting is completed.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Ted Cruz says Afghan refugees are 'getting Ubers' from Fort Bliss when they arrive in US
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