Afghan refugees are subject to security and health screening performed by Department of Homeland Security officials before they're evacuated to the United States or a third country for additional processing, a Biden administration senior official said.
"That process involves biometric and biographic security screenings conducted by our intelligence, law enforcement, and counterterrorism professionals who are working quite literally around the clock to vet all of these Afghans before they're allowed into the United States," the Biden administration senior official said on the call.
The Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program started in 2009, though the Taliban's seizure of the country has led to tens of thousands of allies seeking refuge in the U.S. through the program, Reuters reported.
"Everyone is being vetted at some point, at least once or twice," a Biden administration official told CNN. Afghans are vetted before they're allowed to work with U.S. officials and again before they're issued visas to travel to America.
The State Department allocated an additional 8,000 Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan allies on July 30, according to the agency.
The Biden administration planned to evacuate between 50,000 and 65,000 Afghan refugees to the U.S. as American forces withdrew from the country and hasn't disclosed how many refugees were evacuated or what their immigration status is, according to Reuters.
At least 20,000 Afghan refugees were staying at eight military bases in the U.S. as of Sept. 1, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said.
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