MSNBC Hallie Jackson Reports September 14, 2021 14:33:00
Applicants. there had not been a single si virks interview since march of 2020. on february 4th, one of the first executive orders issued by president biden directed us to immediately review the siv program to identify causes of undo delay and find ways to process siv applications more quickly. this spring, i directed significant additional resources to the program. expanding the team of people in washington processing applications from ten to 50. doubling the number of siv adjudicators. even as many embassy personnel began to return, we sent more consular officers to kabul to process siv appl...