Despite Biden vow, Afghanistan evacuees admitted to US underwent almost no vetting after interviews: report

Only a small number of the Afghanistan evacuees who came to the U.S. following President Biden's decision earlier this year to withdraw U.S. troops from the country were vetted in addition to being screened, according to a memo drafted by Senate Republicans, a report said.

"We are conducting thorough scrutiny — security screenings for everyone who is not a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident." "We have to be right 100% of the time. The bad guys only have to be right 1% of the time." 

While the Biden administration screened the more than 82,000 refugees through terrorist and criminal databases, officials failed to use information gathered from interviews, the memo said, the Washington Examiner reported, citing sources, and around 75% of those allowed in the U.S. weren’t American citizens, visa holders, applicants or green card holders. 

"They created a brand-new, out-of-cloth screening process just for this population," the source, who requested anonymity, told the Examiner. "And then they told everyone, 'This is what you follow.’ DOD [the Defense Department] was such a heavy part of this, and they follow orders. And so, they're like, ‘OK, here's the checklist. I'll do exactly what the checklist says — no more.’ So, that's how it happened, but it was centrally managed via DHS [Department of Homeland Security]."