Analysis: Thousands of Afghan refugees are still waiting to be admitted to the United States as President Biden moves to admit up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees to the country.
— announced last week while Biden was in Europe — won’t divert resources or attention from its ongoing effort to help Afghans who aided American forces and their families come to the United States.“Our commitment to resettling Afghans — particularly those who served on behalf of the U.S. effort in Afghanistan — remains steadfast,” a White House spokesperson said in a statement to the Early. “That commitment will not wane as we open our doors to Ukrainians.
“There are still Afghans being killed by the Taliban because we haven’t gotten them out of the country,” he said.The administration's steadfast commitment, Moulton added, has been mostly"steadfastly slow.” told the Early they’ve been trying for months to help Afghan evacuees reach the United States but have been stymied by bureaucratic delays.
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