BREAKING: The U.S. plans to let thousands of Afghan evacuees stay in this country for another two years, sources say.
The Biden administration is planning to allow tens of thousands of Afghans brought to the U.S. after the Taliban takeover of their homeland to apply to stay and work in the country legally for at least another two years, as efforts in Congress to legalize them have stalled, four people familiar with the plan told CBS News.
Angelo Fernández Hernández, a Homeland Security spokesperson, said the department was working to"provide guidance" to Afghans paroled into the country"as soon as possible." Afghan refugees arrive at the U.S. naval base in Spain as part of Operation Allies Refuge on Aug. 31, 2021.During the chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the U.S. evacuated tens of thousands of Afghans, alongside American citizens, U.S. residents and third country nationals. The Biden administration then used the parole authority to admit 77,000 evacuees after vetting them at military bases overseas.
The White House and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have pushed Congress to give evacuated Afghans a chance to become permanent residents. But efforts to pass the proposal, known as, have floundered without sufficient support from congressional Republicans, some of whom have said the Biden administration did not properly vet the evacuees.
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