The White House is asking Congress to make welfare benefits available to Afghanistan migrants evacuated out of the country and transported to the United States.
The U.S. working with allied countries and private organizations oversaw the evacuation of more than 120,000 people out of Afghanistan in August. The vast majority of those were Afghans fleeing the Taliban, and roughly 65,000 of those Afghans were taken in by the U.S. and transported to U.S. military bases around the world, including in the United States. Continue reading “Biden White House Asks Congress To Approve Welfare For Afghan Evacuees”