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Arranged, as you know, transit countries, so that any afghan coming out of afghanistan would initially go to a transit country where we could initiate the screening, the vetting, the background checks. biometric, biographic and other information that we have. then, as people were cleared in the transit points, they come to the united states, and they are not being resettled immediately, and once they land at dulles or in philadelphia, they are then being sent to military bases where the checks continue and are completed. >> but what checks? we need specifically what kind of checks -- >> the se...

Senator, a couple of things. we arranged as you know transit countries so any afghan coming out of afghanistan would initially go to a transit country where we could initiate the screening. the vetting and the back ground checks. we surged customs and border protection officials to those transit points as well as other security law enforcement agencies to do these checks with biometric, biographic, other information that we have. then, as people were cleared and these transit points, they then come into the united states. but they're not being re-settled immediately. once they land at dulles o...

Still at transit points around the world. >> it would be tens of thousands? >> so, realistically, two things. one, we talked about this a little bit earlier, but of the applicants in the program, and as i said we inherited by 18,000, about half of those and this remains more or less the case now, are at a point where it is before the cleave admission has given his or her approval that they are eligible for the program. >> and we focused on -- i was looking for a number and the question i was leading to is that given the fact that the siv process was to slow and not undertaken during the trump ...

Transit points to make sure before anyone came to the united states they would be vetted by the different law enforcement agencies. we established agreement with more than a dozen countries. >> so who were you letting on the planes? anybody that showed up? >> initially, as you know, people who managed to flood the airport. we had to do an immediate assessment of those. we had to make sure we could clear people out of the airport so flights could come in, go out. but no one came to the united states without being checked somewhere else first to make sure they don't pose a security threat. >> my...

124,000 people? >> to come to your point. we ranged transit countries so that any afghan coming out of a of after would initially go to a transit country where we could initiate the screening, the vetting, background checks. we surged customs and border protection officials to those transit points as well, of course, as other security law enforcement agencies to do these checks with biometric, and other information that we had. then as people are cleared in these transit points they then come to the united states. but they aren't being resettled immediately. they are going once they land at du...