DHS announces terror bar exemptions for Afghan evacuees who worked for Taliban-era civil service

DHS this week announced a move to allow Afghan civil servants who worked during the Taliban regime to be exempted from terror-related restrictions.

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TRIG places limits on individuals who are members of a terrorist organization or who have engaged in terrorism, making them inadmissible to the U.S. and ineligible for immigration benefits. The USCIS website says that the definition of terrorism-related activity "is relatively broad and may apply to individuals and activities not commonly thought to be associated with terrorism."