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Infrastructure projects, and so on and they have been targeted and they're not eligible for this siv program that we have been hearing so much about. the special immigrant visa program. they were not direct employees, it was government affiliated projects or american institution affiliated projects but they're still targets. and they're vulnerable and trying to leave. they did manage to get on an evacuation list from another flight. from an allied list, but they went through at 8:00 last night. a father, a mother, an 8-year-old daughter, and they could not get near the airport. what they told ...

Immigration visa program. the siv program, right? which -- which brings to america those afghans who worked closely with us and might be vulnerable if the -- if the taliban rose to power. so -- so at a minimum, we spent those 14 months or -- or -- or more -- um -- sort of sitting on our hands. when we could've been making progress against the numbers that need to be evacuated today. >> that's right. >> so we lost a lot of time. >> that -- we had an anti-muslim and anti-non-white immigrant administration that freed 5,000 taliban prisoners but refused to shorten the process to bring any afghan i...

0 parts. bahrain, denmark, germany, italy, kazakhstan, kuwait, qatar, uzbekistan. many will be transporting people through their territories to safety. albania, kosovo, macedonia, mexico, poland, qatar, ukraine and uganda have made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk afghans. we appreciate the support. we're very encouraged other countries are also considering providing additional support, this is something that we will continue to be focused. finally this morning, secretary blinken participated in a virtual meeting to discuss the on going security situation in afghani...

They have part of the siv program to get into the united states or whether they be europeans trying to get on as well. they flood, they crush. i was caught in the crush myself trying to get on. it is incredibly difficult for the marines to respond in any other way other than shutting down. you let one person over and everybody tries to climb over simultaneously today. we have seen video suggesting the crush today is worse. if someone is successful getting on through a hole or gate that is loosely attended for a while people rush there. it is quite startling the crush outside, and how little ab...

Jane, walk us through the special immigrant visa program. how exactly does it work for the people who are trying to leave afghanistan? >> yeah. the special immigrant visa program is commonly referred to as the siv program. that program has been around for decades. the applications for the siv program originate in the country of origin. so in this case afghan citizens who are living in afghanistan, many of them in kabul, are applying in the u.s. embassy to relocate and qualify for the siv program. one challenge with that program, unfortunately, is that there are many security checks, health che...