Facts First: Biden's characterization, in particular, ignores delays in processing applications for the Special Immigrant Visa program, which the US government could have addressed sooner.
"I know there are concerns about why we did not begin evacuating Afghan civilians sooner," Biden said."Part of the answer is some of the Afghans did not want to leave earlier. Still hopeful for their country. And part of it is because the Afghan government and its supporters discouraged us from organizing a mass exodus to avoid triggering, as they said, a crisis of confidence."Facts First: This needs context.
Read MoreAdam Bates, Policy Counsel for IRAP, noted that"the vast majority of at-risk Afghans in need of evacuation don't have visas and have never been given an opportunity to come to the US." According to Bates, this includes ethnic and religious minorities, employees of NGOs and media organizations, human rights advocates and applicants to the Special Immigrant Visa program who haven't been issued visas.
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