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January 13, 2022

Republicans push State Dept. on loans to refugees, warn resettlement orgs have 'vested financial interest'

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans, led by Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, are pushing for more information from the State Department about a program to issue travel loans to refugees via the United Nations -- with the lawmakers expressing concern that it gives resettlement organizations a "vested financial interest" in pushing the U.S. to take in more refugees each year.

December 22, 2021

Former CIA officer surrendered life dream to help Afghan refugees resettle in US

Former CIA officer Geeta Bakshi formed a nonprofit to help resettle hundreds of Afghan refugees.

December 8, 2021

Afghans wait at US bases while worrying about family left behind

The former interpreter for the U.S. Army counts himself among the lucky as an Afghan who managed to make it through frantic crowds outside the Kabul airport to board a military evacuation flight out of the country with little more than the clothes on his back.

October 5, 2021

Biden administration resumes Afghan refugee flights after measles outbreak

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that it has resumed flights of Afghan evacuees into the United States, after the flights had been shut down last month due to a measles outbreak.

September 24, 2021

Assault on female US service member by male Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss under FBI investigation

A female U.S. military service member was reportedly assaulted by several male Afghan evacuees being housed at Fort Bliss.

September 24, 2021

Cruz, GOP senators press Biden on Afghan 'child brides' among refugees

Cruz, alongside fellow Republican senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, demanded answers from the president on the reports that “child brides” had evacuated from Afghanistan to the US.

September 21, 2021

Organizations hiring translators as thousands of Afghan refugees resettle in US

Organizations helping resettle Afghan refugees across the country say that as they take in more people over the next few weeks, there will likely be an increased demand for translators.

September 20, 2021

Biden administration doubles refugee admissions target to 125K

The State Department is proposing doubling of the amount of refugees that will be admitted into the US

September 10, 2021

Biden's Afghan refugee request sparks conservative fears of 'unlimited green cards'

The Biden administration this week made a request for $6.4 billion in funding for Afghan refugee resettlement and language that would allow for the tens of thousands of Afghans being brought in to quickly apply for permanent U.S. residency -- sparking conservative fears of "unlimited green cards" for those arriving into late 2022.

August 28, 2021

Tucker Carlson: We don't know who the Afghan refugees are

Tucker Carlson addresses the number of Afghan refugees being resettled in the United States and the bipartisan effort to force Americans to accept it.