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24 Aug, 6 tweets, 2 min read
"How many Afghans in need of evacuation are we talking about?"
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"Looking at just the two SIV programs for Afghan nationals, there are about 100,000 people, including family members, at issue."
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"How many of these SIVs are still available? According to official data, as of March 31, there were a total of 10,859 SIVs for Afghan applicants remaining."
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"When we talk about evacuating Afghans who assisted U.S. forces and are eligible for a Special Immigrant Visa, we’re talking about a total of perhaps 100,000 Afghans (including dependents)."
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"There are millions of Afghans who did not assist U.S. forces, but who could end up wanting to leave their country as refugees, fearful of a Taliban rule. The U.S. cannot possibly welcome millions of potential Afghan refugees."
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"There must be a limit to the U.S.’s capacity to admit people in need.... Where does the U.S.'s government draw the line?"
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Victims of marriage-related immigration fraud are telling their stories.

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EOIR and USCIS rulemaking notice proposes amending regulations on:

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To be published in the Fed Register on Monday.

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.@CatoInstitute's illegal counts for healthcare occupations constitute an implausibly high share of post-1980 non-citizens.

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A new report outlines 20 actions the president could take immediately to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers.

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2: Rescind approval of all labor condition attestations (LCAs) for pending employment-based non-immigrant visa applications and require applicants to submit new attestations for re-adjudication under current labor market conditions.
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