September 1, 2021
AND PLENTY MORE STILL TO MIGRATE:
U.S. housing 20,000 Afghan evacuees in 5 states, with another 40,000 overseas (CAMILO MONTOYA GALVEZ, BO ERICKSON, CHRISTINA RUFFINI, ELEANOR WATSON, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021, CBS NEWS
In case you wondered why the Trumpists are so hysterical about Afghanistan. Sic transit Muslim ban.The U.S. government was housing nearly 20,000 Afghan refugees at military installations in five states as of Wednesday morning, while another 40,000 evacuees remained at bases overseas awaiting processing, according to internal federal data reviewed by CBS News.These figures, which have not been previously reported, provide more detail on the whereabouts of a portion of the approximately 124,000 people the Biden administration said it airlifted from Kabul in the past few weeks.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 1, 2021 4:10 PM