Mayorkas defends 'multi-layered, multi-agency' Afghan refugee vetting amid GOP concerns
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday defended what he described as a "multi-layered, multi-agency" vetting process for Afghanistan refugees amid Republican concerns that it could lead to terrorists entering the U.S.
"We have no information to suggest ISIS has come into the United States through the Afghan national population that we have admitted under our legal authorities," he said. Mayorkas said he has dispatched approximately 400 Homeland Security personnel to the countries from where Afghans are being transported to the U.S. to capture biographic information as well as biometrics as part of the screening process.More Related News