Senate lawmakers from both parties are pushing to include an Afghan permanent status amendment into the end-of-year spending package currently being considered.
were brought to the U.S. in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan whose information indicated"potentially serious security concerns." The information came in a Pentagon inspector general report, which revealed that U.S. government officials were unable to locate dozens of those individuals who had"derogatory information" that would make them ineligible for parole.
Foreigners board a Qatar Airways aircraft at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. "For two decades countless Afghans stood by our servicemembers and risked their lives and their families’ lives to support our troops in Afghanistan," Sen. Moran said in a statement last week."Veterans of the Afghan War are now calling for Congress to provide safety and certainty for their allies and friends who assisted them in battle. We must answer that call and establish a pathway for our Afghan partners to begin a new life.
"This legislation will put a program in place to protect our national security while also keeping our promise to those who risked their lives for America," he said.
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