(Daily Caller) Military and veterans organizations spoke out against bills reintroduced in the House and Senate recently they say would open up a “blanket” pathway to permanent residency in the U.S. for all Afghans who escaped their home country after the Taliban takeover.
The bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA) and its companion in the House would fast-track tens of thousands of Afghans, who after the U.S. withdrawal fled to the U.S. on a temporary humanitarian basis, toward full residency status — as well as other evacuees who could end up in the U.S. In a letter sent Monday and obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, 14 military and veteran-serving organizations urged Congress to scrap or amend the bill as written, arguing that its expansive provisions would allow recipients to gain permanent residency regardless of whether they directly helped the U.S. military.
