A former Pence adviser said Trump had 4 years to help Afghan allies leave the country
Source: Business Insider
A former national security official blamed the Trump administration and Stephen Miller's "racist hysteria" for impeding the visa application process for Afghans who worked with the US.
Olivia Troye worked as the homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. In a Twitter thread Friday, she blasted the Trump administration for its handling of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) programs that provide a path to US residency for locals who worked with the US government in Afghanistan.
"There were cabinet mtgs about this during the Trump Admin where Stephen Miller would peddle his racist hysteria about Iraq & Afghanistan. He & his enablers across gov't would undermine anyone who worked on solving the SIV issue by devastating the system at DHS & State," Troye wrote.
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Lovie777
(12,346 posts)rescue Afghan allies.
Now majority of them don't want them here in the USA.
kacekwl
(7,022 posts)by a judge for this. Add this to your list Mr. Garland. A to do list I hope. Sooner than later
COL Mustard
(5,933 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,949 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,840 posts)Probably because they would and can't fathom people who don't.
Champp
(2,114 posts)CrispyQ
(36,536 posts)hay rick
(7,648 posts)Blaming Biden for the visa bottleneck makes media outlets look like they are treating both sides without prejudice. Wouldn't want to undermine their credibility with certain eyeballs.
elleng
(131,176 posts)and apparently has been in the past.
Hekate
(90,849 posts)llashram
(6,265 posts)"stephen miller's racist hysteria". Hateful vicious POS passing as a human being.
pnwmom
(109,000 posts)of people who completed work for us long ago, and have been trying to get visas for years. There was no reason Trump didn't pull out and sent to America all except the current, vital employees.
Mz Pip
(27,454 posts)about this. Its really interesting.
Martin68
(22,900 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,781 posts)Hope Garland has room for this case. Sounds like Stephen Miller should be subpoened.
oasis
(49,426 posts)ck4829
(35,094 posts)The Wizard
(12,551 posts)from Hades.