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By Ryan Teague Beckwith, Mark Niquette, and Gregory Korte
September 4, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
Republicans who criticized President Joe Biden for stranding those who helped the U.S. are now taking issue with his effort to bring them into the country.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, tweeted that the U.S. should rescue Afghans whove assisted the US military, but they should go to a neutral & safe third country. They should NOT come to US w/o a FULL security vetting ...
Polling, however, shows that voters largely support welcoming the Afghans.
An Economist/YouGov poll taken earlier this week showed 70% of registered voters including 62% of Trump voters said the U.S. should offer asylum to Afghan refugees who helped American forces in Afghanistan ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-04/gop-candidates-want-refugees-out-of-afghanistan-but-not-in-u-s
Diamond_Dog
(31,669 posts)Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)Ted is worse
Moebym
(989 posts)But once the fetus is born, it's just another drain on taxpayers.
Similarly, they like the idea of bashing Biden for not rescuing every last vulnerable person from Afghanistan, but don't like the reality of tens of thousands of Afghan refugees settling in our country.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)since he's an immigrant himself.