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Republicans Oppose Visas For Fleeing Afghans

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AlleyCat

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Aug 20, 2021, 12:38:02 PM8/20/21
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Lee wrote

>
>
> These 16 Republicans voted against
> speeding up visas for Afghans fleeing
> the Taliban
> Aug 19
>
> Some of the Republican House members
> who this week excoriated President
> Joe Biden's strategy to pull U.S.
> troops out of Afghanistan and
> evacuate Afghan civilians voted last
> month against legislation to speed
> up the visa application process for
> Afghan citizens.
>
> The House overwhelmingly passed a
> bill to make it easier for Afghans
> who assisted the American military
> to relocate to the U.S. The Averting
> Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting
> SIVs Act (ALLIES) Act was approved
> by a 407-16 vote on July 22. The 16
> "no" votes were all from Republicans.
>
> The ALLIES Act removes some
> application requirements for Afghan
> special immigrant visas that led to
> long backlogs and wait times. It
> also boosts the number of visas for
> Afghans by an additional 8,000 to
> 19,000. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo.,
> introduced the bill in June, with
> 24 bipartisan cosponsors.
>
> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/17/16-republicans-v
> oted-against-special-visas-help-afghanistan-people/8163392002/
>

Repugs will soon need visas for their own country.

AlleyCat

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Text-Drivers R Killers

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Aug 22, 2021, 3:48:12 AM8/22/21
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Siri Cruise wrote

> In article <sfskju$1eh$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Gronk <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> > Move them to Iraq until they're vetted.
>> >
>>
>> What part of "assisted the American military" did you not understand?
>
> We hates Biden for not evacuating afghans.
> And now we hates Biden for evacuating afghans.
>
> Hypocrisy, us?
>
>
> Have you ever heard of the MS St Louis, the voyage of the damned?
>

Ted Cruz complained yesterday, said "Why can't we just allow the white
Christians in? Why do they all have to look like me?" Then he put on a
Mexican Sombrero and dove into another Burrito.

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