Committee highlights failures of Afghan vetting, as funding for refugees in limbo

(The Center Square) – Amid a scathing committee hearing on the vetting process of Afghan parolees under the Biden administration, nearly $6 billion in continual funding for refugees is poised to be voted on in Congress.

The Senate Judiciary Committee hosted a hearing last week on the Biden administration’s vetting practices surrounding nearly 100,000 Afghan evacuees admitted to the U.S. following the 2021 pullout of American forces from Afghanistan, under Operation Allies Welcome.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says the Biden administration gave an “easy pass” to hundreds of thousands of noncitizens, including the Afghan evacuees, that he argues would “not be eligible to come, but for this discretionary issuance.”

Officials testifying during the hearing admitted that many of the parolees were admitted into the U.S. without critical biographic data, including a person’s name and date of birth. They noted that 1,300 Afghan nationals were admitted into ...