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FORT MCCOY, Wis. –An evening bugle call played in the background as Nabila, her mother, and an English-speaking friend talked with a reporter over the phone. They’d been at Fort McCoy for about two weeks, arriving in early September. Nabila, 21, has no idea when she’ll be able to leave. Maybe six weeks, maybe two months, she says through her...

The Biden administration is planning to resettle 399 Afghan refugees in Wisconsin, as U.S. pauses flights of additional evacuees due to measles

To date, task force mccoy supported 2,383 afghans who are being housed in hard structures with shower and bathroom facilities in each building. task force liberty at joint base mcguire dix new jersey currently has a capacity of 3,500 and received us first group of afghans wednesday august 25th. to date, task force liberty supported 1,192 afghans who are being housed in a mix of hard and soft sided structures. final capacity at task force liberty is expected to be at least 10,000. so today our total capacity at these four installations is 21,000 and work being. we're working to increase capacit...

Coming across cleared by that process which i'm comfortable with. with regards to covid, the afghans coming from the middle east into our locations that we have stood up are all being tested. actually multiple times. we test them 100% upon arrival at each location. they're getting tested at dulles as well. and en route they get tested. i'll give you some numbers. we are seeing so far to date when i was at ft. mccoy only three out of more than 1,300 had tested positive. when i went to ft. bliss, the same day, 1 out of more than 1200 had tested positive for covid-19. i hope that helps. >> one ou...

That airport is opening today. additional sites are possible. here's a snapshot of the numbers. task force eagle in virginia has a capacity for 1,750. today task force eagle at fort lee has supported 1,647 afghan special immigrant visa applicants and their families. nearly half of whom have completed the process and moved on with the support of the department of state, nongovernmental, intergovernmental organizations. in fort bliss, they have a capacity of 5,000 and started receiving flights august 31. the base has supported 2,160 afghans, hard and soft strictures. final capacities expected to...