Members of Congress say they still can't get clear answers about the U.S evacuation effort in Afghanistan, but they're being asked to approve an additional $7 billion to manage the pipeline of people still coming and the tens of thousands of Afghans already here.
RJ Hauman, government relations director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, questioned why money was being poured into "Importing random, unscreened, unvetted" Afghan migrants when America's southern border remains a mess, yet hasn't gotten any infusion of cash.
About 70,000 Afghans have been brought from their country to the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome.
Most of the evacuees were brought under Mr. Mayorkas' unilateral powers of parole, giving them tentative legal permission to be in the U.S. and to get jobs.
Congress has approved giving them assistance similar to what a refugee would be eligible for - though the Afghans generally did not go through the same screening that a refugee would.
Afghans had their fingerprints and the names they used with U.S. authorities checked against American national security and law enforcement databases.
Some Afghans who should have been flagged overseas have reached the U.S., including a convicted rapist who had been deported once before.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/2/afghanistan-evacuation-price-tag-rises-7-billion/
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