The White House is trying to work quickly to stave off criticism from more state and local officials over the resettlement of Afghan refugees.
Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Boeing 777 before departing Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Aug. 28, 2021. | Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Claire DuBois/U.S. Navy via APPresident Joe Biden has faced a torrent of criticism for abandoning Afghan partners as their country fell to the Taliban. Now, there is also a looming political controversy over the thousands of Afghans Biden will end up resettling over here.
“We have to make sure that the people that enter into our country want to support our country, not want to attack our country,” Rosendale said in an interview. He said he plans to urge fellow Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte to reject refugees housed in his state without proof of vetting. Administration officials say they have been working behind the scenes to brief local and state leaders on how extensively refugees are vetted before they step foot on American soil. Refugee organizations, which are working with the administration, are doing the same in communities. And both are conducting media outreach to try and dispel myths on the resettlement process.
Officials at organizations working with Afghans say some of the refugees already had started the process of securing a visa and were close to being vetted. The background check generally takes 12 to 24 months. Administration officials believe about 80,000 Afghans are eligible to come to the U.S. But the prospect of them coming has sparked a wave of preemptive criticism from certain quarters of conservative circles. Steve Cortes, a former Trump adviser,of a planeload of refugees leaving Afghanistan with the words, “Raise your hand if you want this plane landing in your town? America paid unimaginable costs in Afghanistan because of uniparty globalists who dominated the Bush & Obama administrations.
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