Thousands of Afghans could be deported when protected status ends
The Trump administration has ended the protected status of thousands of Afghans who entered the United States after a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan under the Biden administration in 2021. The US Department of Homeland Security does not plan to update the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Afghans, which lasts six to 18 months. The US […]
Afghans land in the Philippines for visa processing ahead of resettlement in US
A group of Afghan nationals landed in the Philippines on Monday to be processed for special immigrant visas for resettlement in the United States. Their arrival came as part of an agreement between the Philippine and U.S. governments. In July, the Philippines agreed to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for a limited […]
Numbers of Afghans, Chinese coming through key migrant crossing surged since 2021: report
The number of nationals from countries such as Afghanistan, China and Iran coming through the key immigration border between Panama and Colombia has increased dramatically over the past four years, according to a new report from a conservative group. report A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which advocates for lower levels […]
Taliban Investigating Report Iran Massacred ‘Dozens’ of Illegal Afghans on Border
Taliban terror leaders announced Thursday that they have opened an investigation into multiple reports that Iranian border guards opened fire on crowds of hundreds of Afghans who entered the country illegally. The Iranian government denies that its guards carried out such mass killings, but in a statement on the situation it has warned of the […]
Kamala Harris Promises Green Cards for Afghans Despite Vetting Failures
Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to provide green cards to tens of thousands of Afghan nationals brought to the United States, often without in-person testing. The move comes even as an alleged Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist was able to be resettled from Afghanistan to Oklahoma as part of Harris and President Joe Biden's larger […]
U.N. Report Finds 23.7 Million Afghans Dependent on Humanitarian Aid
Three years after the Taliban took power, 48 percent of Afghanistan’s population lives below the poverty line, 12.4 percent are “food insecure” and 23.7 million people are dependent on foreign aid, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said […]
Federal Watchdog, Chuck Grassley Sound Alarm on Biden’s Unvetted Afghans
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) have sounded the alarm about inadequate vetting procedures surrounding President Joe Biden’s mass relocation of Afghans across the U.S., who are considered by some to be a “national security concern.” Grassley, letter The report called on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro […]
Police Detain Two Afghans Accused of Plotting Parliament Attack
BERLIN (AP) – German police detained two Afghans on Tuesday on suspicion of planning an attack on police near the Swedish parliament in response to the burning of copies of the Islamic holy book, the Koran, federal prosecutors said. . The suspects, identified only as Afghan nationals Ibrahim MG and Ramin N, were detained in […]
Joe Biden’s Unvetted Afghans to Score Green Cards as Part of Senate Deal
Tens of thousands of Afghans brought to the United States by President Joe Biden and who whistleblowers have warned are not vetted will receive green cards and final Eventually, he will become a naturalized American citizen. The deal, negotiated by Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Kyrsten Sinema (Iowa-Ariz.), increases annual legal immigration. […]