Great news - the Biden administration is preparing to relocate
 tens
of thousands of our Afghan allies, who aided U.S. troops and
civilian efforts, to safe locations outside Afghanistan as the U.S.
withdraws.  

Together, we have been urging the administration for weeks to devise a
plan to evacuate current Afghan SIV applicants, their family members,
and any allies who would be eligible for humanitarian protection in the
U.S. to a safe location - and our advocacy has paid off. Afghan
allies and their families will relocate to safe third countries
while their U.S. visa applications are processed. It remains unclear
where applicants would wait, which countries have agreed to take
them, or when evacuations will take place.  

Thank the Biden administration for acting swiftly to relocate our Afghan
allies.   

Since U.S. military and civilian personnel first touched down in
Afghanistan 20 years ago, tens of thousands of Afghan nationals have
provided support - interpreting for U.S. military officers, aiding
diplomats and implementing aid programs, to name a few.   

Many of those who helped the U.S. received death threats from the
Taliban, and once the U.S. has fully withdrawn, their lives would have
been at even greater risk.  

Act now to thank the Biden administration for creating an evacuation
plan and urge them to continue to protect our Afghan Allies.
  

Protecting our Afghan allies will reinforce for the world that the
United States keeps its promises. But the work isn't over yet. While
many of these Afghans are eligible for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs),
applicants currently face a backlog of more than 18,000, in addition to
an estimated 53,000 family members. Given the SIV backlog and lengthy
application process, Congress must expedite legislation and the
administration should consider using humanitarian parole to facilitate
the evacuation to provide immediate relief.

Send the Biden administration a thank you message - and urge them to
consider using humanitarian parole to facilitate the evacuation.
  

Thanks for all you do for our immigrant and refugee neighbors,  

Dan Kosten  
Assistant Vice President of Policy & Advocacy  
National Immigration Forum  

 

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