Afghan evacuees lack a pathway to permanent legal residency
February 1, 2022
Lack of a direct way to secure permanent legal residency face at least 36,433 Afghan evacuees who were resettled in the U.S. Out of the tens of thousands of Afghans who were airlifted from Afghanistan during the evacuation operation, 40% of these evacuees do not have a direct pathway to secure legal residency. These evacuees will continue facing legal obstacles of gaining permanent U.S. residency unless Congress legalizes them, or they apply for and obtain an immigration benefit such as asylum. The Biden administration used humanitarian parole to admit Afghan evacuees which allows them to live and work in the U.S. for two years, yet parole does not provide them permanent residency.
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