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Human rights community who have targets on their back from the taliban and many want to leave the country, but they have no provision to get out. >> and that is such an important issue. and i know it is one that you know well. that there are many people who over the last two decades have spoken out more about women and girls' rights in afghanistan. but they are not eligible for the siv program because they did not actually work for the united states for a specific amount of time. but they will have targets on their back. the united states, biden administration, they are aware of this issue. bu...

Yes, in congress we can pass procedures to streamline and expedite the s.i.d. program and that's necessary, but we know that there's still a year's long time line. there needs to be immediate action to relocate these interpreters from afghanistan to third countries so that they can have a safe place to apply for the siv program. >> as you say, though, president biden said this can happen. right? president biden has pledged that we will not leave them behind why now and the fellow veterans in congress making a very persuasive case. that this needs to be done. everybody seems to be arguing on th...

Procedures to streamline and expedite the program and that's necessary but we know that that's still a year's long time line. there needs to be immediate action to relocate these interpreters from afghanistan to third countries so that they can have a safe place to apply for the siv program. >> as you say, though, president biden said this can happen. right? president biden has pledged that we will not leave them behind why now and the fellow veterans in congress making a very persuasive case. everybody seems to be arguing on the same side of it and doesn't appear to be happening. sometimes it...

>> first of all, let's be very clear. both the bush administration and the obama administration when they set up the siv program, the special immigrant visa program, demanded that these precrecipie go through an extreme vetting process, many who went through almost two years by the department of homeland security. so these are already vetted people who have served this nation and for them to be stopped and held up byhis broad brush policy is in many ways outrageous. >> we have to go. how would you change the executive order? sgri >> i think we need a carve out for the sivs at least. they have ...

Overseas, u.s. instillations and perhaps instillations in other countries to allow for them to have some sort of temporary residence while they complete the process. at the end of the process, brianna, some may want to come to the united states. some may not want to come to united states, but we're just not there yet. we're focussed on meeting the obligation, you eloquently talked to in your first question to me, we know we have to help them because they helped us. we're absolutely committed to doing that. >> the president was asked about this yesterday, why can't -- i think we're talking abou...