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Roughly 1,300 children evacuated to U.S. from Afghanistan are waiting to be reunited with parents

CBS News reported in August that at least 34 Afghan children were classified as “unaccompanied minors” after being evacuated to the U.S. without parents. In the months since the Biden administration …

Sat Nov 13, 2021

Biden admin raises refugee admissions cap to 125,000, reversing historic low set by previous admin

The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will raise the refugee admissions cap to 125,000 in the upcoming 2022 fiscal year, fulfilling a key campaign promise by President Joe Biden that …

Tue Sep 21, 2021

'August 31 may be the Biden administration's deadline, but it is not ours,' refugee advocates say

While the U.S. military forces are finally out of Afghanistan after two decades of war, advocates who have been working to evacuate and resettle Afghan allies and their families said during a call …

Tue Aug 31, 2021

At least 34 Afghan children have been classified as unaccompanied after traveling without parents

CBS News reports that a number of children evacuated from Afghanistan have been classified as unaccompanied minors after entry into the U.S. and transferred into the custody of the Department of …

Fri Aug 27, 2021

'Skip the bureaucratic bull—, get people on planes,' Arizona congressman says about Afghan allies

Advocates who have been appealing to the Biden administration for months now to evacuate Afghan allies quickly and their families to a U.S. territory expressed anger and frustration at U.S. failure to …

Tue Aug 17, 2021

'Follow through on our word': Refugee agency calls on Biden admin to evacuate Afghan allies

One of the leading refugee resettlement agencies in the United States is calling on the Biden administration to quickly evacuate Afghan allies ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from …

Fri May 21, 2021