Which Afghan refugees are being resettled in the U.S. and how are they being processed?

The surprisingly swift Taliban conquest of Afghanistan this month and frantic evacuations from Kabul have ignited a national conversation about U.S. efforts to resettle Afghans who aided American forces during the 20-year conflict. 

Providing refuge to Afghans who assisted the American war effort is the rare immigration policy with broad public support, including among both Republicans and Democrats.  But the Biden administration's plan to airlift and relocate wartime allies from Afghanistan faces serious logistical and political challenges, including the rapidly approaching American military exit from the country on August 31.