White House Promises ‘Thorough’ Screening For Afghan Refugees Amid Emerging Fight With GOP

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Some Republicans are supportive of taking in Afghans who assisted the U.S., but many are also raising concerns about the screening process.

The White House on Wednesday sought to tamp down complaints from Republican lawmakers and governors that the federal government’s screening system for Afghans who assisted the U.S. military is insufficient, previewing what will likely be a key political fight in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.... [+]

daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. Psaki faced questions about the withdrawal of the U.S. military from Afghanistan, the federal response to Hurricane Ida, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and other topics. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during a briefing on Wednesday she can “absolutely assure” nobody is coming into the U.S. who “has not been through a thorough screening and background check process.

The comment comes after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed more than 120,000 Afghan refugees were evacuated “so quickly there was not screening,” adding that resettling those refugees is a “whole different question” after they are screened but declining to Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan have been sent to U.S. military bases or third countries to be screened: at least 20,000 are being housed at bases in five U.S. states, and at least another 40,000 are at bases overseas, according to

 

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