No masks at the Emmys! Trying a different method: No masks at the Emmys! Trying a different method: Last week, the Biden administration announced that the first group of roughly 36,000 Afghans brought to the U.S. at rapid speed will be resettled across 46 states — including Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
The only areas not receiving Afghans are Hawaii, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Washington, DC.
With more details from the Biden administration on the resettlement operation, more Republican governors have come out to support the plan. In August, without having vetting or screening details, 10 Republican governors announced their support for the plan and asked Biden to resettle Afghans in their states.
Those 10 Republican governors include South Carolina’s Henry McMaster, Maryland’s Larry Hogan, Massachusetts’ Charlie Baker, Utah’s Spencer Cox, Georgia’s Brian Kemp, Arkansas’ Asa Hutchinson, Arizona’s Doug Ducey, Iowa’s Kim Reynolds, Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitts, and Vermont’s Phil Scott.
Another eight Republican governors have since greenlighted the plan, including:
Alabama’s Kay Ivey
Idaho’s Brad Little
Indiana’s Eric Holcomb
Montana’s Greg Gianforte
Nebraska’s Pete Ricketts
New Hampshire’s Chris Sununu
Ohio’s Mike DeWine
Tennessee’s Bill Lee