"In the administration's discussions on the issue, some officials at the [DHS] and the State Department have voiced misgivings about evacuating Afghan partners to Guam or other U.S. territory where their visa applications would be reviewed..."
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"If an Afghan's visa request were denied on U.S. territory, legal experts said, the applicant would have recourse to appeal the decision under American immigration law, possibly opening up a legal process that could take months to resolve."
"In a third country, the Afghan applicant would have virtually no grounds to appeal the rejection of a U.S. visa request or deportation back to Afghanistan, as the applicant would be subject to the third country's laws, the experts said."
The president says he wants this done.
Getting this done means it has to be done quickly.
The dithering and handwringing here is blocking any of the evacuation effort from actually starting.
Somebody high up *has* to unclog this.
Getting this done means it has to be done quickly.
The dithering and handwringing here is blocking any of the evacuation effort from actually starting.
Somebody high up *has* to unclog this.
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