Posted on 09/01/2021 5:14:16 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
As President Joe Biden and his top military commanders continue their struggle to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from the now Taliban-controlled country of Afghanistan, the next round of headlines will revolve around the massive influx of Afghan refugees being flown into the United States.
According to Fox News, radically progressive Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are already digging in and signaling to the Biden administration that they want a minimum of 200,000 Afghans resettled in the United States, calling that staggering number a “rock bottom” minimum. “Whatever is necessary”
Apparently not worried about the possibility of bad actors sneaking in among groups of regular Afghans, Ocasio-Cortez made clear this week that she demands the process to increase the number of Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) should be a top priority for the White House.
“I believe we need to move, and the administration needs to move as quickly as possible and as expansively as possible, ensuring that we are raising the amount of refugee visas to whatever amount is necessary,” the New York Democrat said.
“I would say the rock bottom is 200,000, but I think it should be whatever is necessary,” Ocasio-Cortez added. “And that needs to be expedited as soon as possible.”
As it stands, federal law allows for a cap of 34,500 SIV applicants, though Fox News noted that members of Congress from both parties are working to increase that number, given the situation unfolding in Afghanistan right now.
The House passed legislation last month to increase that number by another 8,000, however, in light of recent developments, Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow progressives in the House clearly want that number drastically increased. Stopgap program
While Congress decides on how to proceed with increasing the number of SIV applicants, the Biden administration has already asked refugee aid groups across the country to prepare for an influx of some 50,000 Afghan refugees in the coming days and weeks, Bloomberg reported.
The temporary program to legally accommodate such a large number of refugees is known as “humanitarian parole” status, which can be applied to Afghans who don’t have or don’t qualify for an SIV application for a number of reasons.
As Bloomberg noted, the special program is rarely used by the U.S. government, but it allows refugees enough time to formally apply for asylum or refugee status.
The White House has been repeatedly pressed on the vetting status of the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees expected to pour into the country in the coming days. Reportedly, those refugees are being vetted at the countries they’re first flown to after being evacuated from Afghanistan before they’re allowed into the United States.
Only time will tell how many total Afghan refugees will ultimately end up on American soil, but you can be sure that it will likely erupt in a political fight sooner than later.
Orders...Orders....well now this is precious.
I don’t know if I would be receptive to taking orders from someone born the year I finished high school, lol.
I never knew Geppetto had so many hands.
She doesn’t care how many Americans he brings back.
Go get em yourself...
I doubt she would have cared if one of the 13 had been black...
Though the Democrats might have turned against Joe if one had been...
the Peter-principled-bartender dufus
invites the Taliban into the USA,
but not HER home, not HER bar.
“Apparently not worried about the possibility of bad actors sneaking in among groups of regular Afghans...”
Biden will have the Taliban’s word that only those who keep the Ten Commandments will be sent over.
Especially unattached males who feel that all American women are whores worthy of rape.
How bout we send her over there instead?
We spend billions to blow them up and now we will spend billions to take care of them for the rest of their natural lives. It’s nice to see Washington is consistent , no matter the party , for stealing money from the American tax payer.
Someone needs to tie her tongue to her teeth!
At some point you simply must conclude that this is a PURPOSED destruction of America.
I’m not sure either of her parents were born when I finished high school...and watching her, I don’t think I’d take orders from them either...even if I was a waiter...
I like the number ZERO refugees... exactly how many sh!ts I give if OAC likes my opinion or not. We already have way too many destitute, illiterate criminals pouring into our country (right into our welfare system) from our southern border.
Hey I have an idea, maybe we could do another stompy feet style trade.
AOC, pelosi, mcconnel, schumer and harris for ONE afghan refugee...only one...and that might leave the refuge on the short end of the deal...
I hate when our team adopts the language of the left. At NO time is it accurate to describe these extremists as progressive.
She couldn’t order at a drive-thru window.
Hey Bartender, just how does that work? Only a fraction of the 110k evacuated out of Kabul were Afghanis. Where you gonna get the other 180k Afghanis for your “there goes the neighborhood” scheme? An economics degree my ass.
We should require that interpreters (and their families) be vouched for by our warriors, Christians should follow and have sponsors watch over them, everyone else goes to another country where they can be safe and build a life. That’s it. Of and if State Department wants their employees to stay they need to provide jobs for them and sign a financial responsibility agreement.
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