Here's the thing about the #AfghanAdjustmentAct: The evacuation chaos that resulted in 10s of thousands of Afghans being rushed to the US w/o careful prioritizing of who should get on planes, is the fault of @POTUS. Reps & Dems are right to call out the admin over this. 1/ 🧵
However, by blocking the #AfghanAdjustmentAct, @ChuckGrassley is punishing the Afghans who have already been been punished by poor US actions. It's not their fault the evac was chaos. It does not make sense to further punish the victims of the chaos. 2/
As for the vetting @ChuckGrassley has hollered about, his complaints are nonsensical. 1-This bill requires another round of more intense vetting of any Afghans who request permanent residency. The vetting he wants IS IN THIS BILL. Faulty vetting of those who entered US 3/
on Humanitarian Parole? Then vet them. AAA does that. 2-Afghans who already worked with the US have been vetted all along the way in their jobs. This is not the 1st time they've been checked by the US. Then they were checked again before being allowed to resettled post-evac. 4/
AAA will vet them AGAIN. Reality is that the dangers to nat'l security from Afghans let into the US is very low. If @ChuckGrassley really cares about keeping Americans safe, then he should listen to all the flag officers who signed the letter explaining that the AAA IS 5/
@ChuckGrassley a NATIONAL SECURITY BILL. The AAA is the way to keep US safer from within and without, now and during future conflicts. So, given that Grassley's blocking of the #AAA was successful, the last chance we have for resolving issues created by @POTUS disastrous withdrawal is for 6/
another Chuck @SenSchumer to allow the #AfghanAdjustmentAct to be considered as a floor amendment to the omni. It is SO short-sighted to keep punishing Afghans for our US mistakes. Listen to the VSOs, the vets, the flag officers, the faith communities, the volunteers like me, 7/
the business leaders, the constituents, the people welcoming Afghans to their families, homes, communities -- the wide coalition of Americans begging for the AAA is wide. Please @SenSchumer give this bill a chance. 8/8
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