HOMELAND SECURITY
Afghan evacuee vetting process 'fragmented' with 'vulnerabilities,' watchdog warns
Nearly 100,000 Afghans were brought to the United States after the American withdrawal
Adam Shaw By Adam Shaw Fox News
Published May 22, 2024 2:08pm EDT
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A report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is faulting the government’s parole processes surrounding the resettling of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees after the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"DHS has a multifaceted but fragmented process for identifying and resolving issues for noncitizens with derogatory information, including [Operation Allies Welcome] parolees. This siloed approach creates potential gaps in DHS components’ responsibility for terminating parole, initiating removal proceedings, or monitoring parole expiration," the DHS Office of Inspector General [OIG] report says.
Of the 97,000 evacuees who came to the U.S. in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, 79% (about 77,000) were granted humanitarian parole into the United States for two years. Parole is a congressionally granted authority that allows the government to permit entry to noncitizens for either urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.
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