(Hill) The Biden administration has denied roughly 85 percent of the applications it has processed from Afghans seeking to come to the U.S. through a program that allows for temporarily waiving immigration requirements.
New figures obtained by the Hill show the administration has only processed about 2,600 applications for Afghans seeking to enter the U.S. through the humanitarian parole process.
Of those, 2,250 applicants have been denied.
It’s a statistic that raises questions about the administration’s ability to process applications from some 45,000 Afghans now scattershot across the globe, as well as the likelihood that their application will be granted.
While an initial evacuation after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan delivered 76,000 Afghans to safety in the U.S., those who left through private charters remain abroad.
