First on CNN: More than 50 senators urge Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan allies
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A bipartisan group of 53 senators is urging President Joe Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants and their families and fully implement changes to the program signed into law in late July.
"The Taliban's rapid ascendancy across Afghanistan and takeover of Kabul should not cause us to break our promise to the Afghans who helped us operate over the past twenty years and are counting on us for assistance," the lawmakers, led by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, wrote in a letter obtained by CNN Thursday. "American inaction would ensure they become refugees or prime targets for Taliban retribution," they wrote.More Related News