The Afghan Adjustment Act should have been part of the omnibus federal spending bill, but...
Demonstrators gather to support new Afghan immigrants, outside of the Capitol earlier this month. Congress failed to include the Afghan Adjustment Act in the omnibus spending bill, making the future uncertain for Afghans who fled the Taliban.America’s commitments to its allies should never end when the fighting stops. The nation exemplified this principle throughout Europe and the Pacific after World War II, in Korea after that conflict and in Southeast Asia after Vietnam.
Should the Afghan Adjustment Act languish, tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated to the U.S. could face returning to a country where their future is uncertain and where they could face punishment, even death, at the hands of the Taliban.including three former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who penned a letter urging Congress to pass the bill.
They added that “our immigration system will be less capable, not more capable, of properly processing and vetting applicants” if the act fails. Grassley told reporters Tuesday he and other lawmakers opposed the bill over security concerns and would continue to oppose it “as long as the vetting process is not improved.”program, scoff at the security argument, noting the concerns have been addressed.
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