Bipartisan bill would give pathway to citizenship to Afghan evacuees

A bill introduced in both chambers of Congress would give a pathway to citizenship to more than 70,000 evacuees brought to the U.S. after the Afghan withdrawal.

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More than 76,000 Afghans were evacuated to the U.S. after the withdrawal late last year, mainly using the humanitarian parole process -- which is supposed to be used on a case-by-case basis for "urgent humanitarian or significant public benefit" reasons.Now, those with a temporary status would be given permanent status if they submit to additional background checks, rather than through alternative systems that are facing significant backlogs. The bill would also establish a State Dept. task force to continue the relocation and resettlement of Afghans for the next ten years.