Senators sound alarm on terror-related exemptions to US entry for Afghans, warn of 'open-ended' authority
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Republican senators are sounding the alarm about an "open-ended" authority to allow entry to those who have offered limited support to terrorist organizations.
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"We write because the American people deserve an explanation regarding the broad, open-ended nature of this authority for exempting individuals who would otherwise be barred from immigration to the United States for supporting a terrorist organization," they write.
The U.S. has brought in tens of thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover last year. As part of that, the administration moved in June to exempt certain Afghans who may be caught up in terrorism-related inadmissibility grounds (TRIG).
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