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White House makes massive change to resettlement program to help Afghan refugees
CNN ^ | 23 October 2021 | Priscilla Alvarez,

Posted on 10/29/2021 12:45:16 AM PDT by blueplum

(CNN)The Biden administration is taking an unprecedented step to resettle the 55,600 Afghan evacuees from the US military bases where they've been living for weeks and into permanent homes, an official leading the effort told CNN.

The move marks the biggest change to the resettlement program since 1980...

... to increase options to evacuees, the Biden administration is launching a program that would allow veterans with ties to Afghans, as well as others, the opportunity to bring them to their cities and serve as a support network ...

...The new initiative, though, would allow groups of five individuals over the age of 18 to apply as a so-called sponsor circle. As part of that application, they will go through background checks, commit to fundraising in order to financially support evacuees for up to 90 days, complete training, and develop a plan for the family... ...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanrefugees; afghansponsors
this is great for interpreters and clerical workers our guys know, but the rest?
1 posted on 10/29/2021 12:45:16 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Cautiously approve.


2 posted on 10/29/2021 12:51:56 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: griswold3


steal this meme

https://i.imgflip.com/5s8tv8.jpg

3 posted on 10/29/2021 1:16:14 AM PDT by knarf
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To: blueplum

There won’t be much of that’s nobody knows these guys They’re strangers None of them fought alongside our veterans nor were they interpreters


4 posted on 10/29/2021 1:57:30 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

Will these “kids” be allowed to receive unmarked packages from home?


5 posted on 10/29/2021 5:34:21 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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