Biden admin says it can revoke visas of Hamas supporters as Republicans urge action
The Biden administration says it has "broad" authority to be able to revoke the visas of those foreign nationals who support terrorist groups like Hamas.
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The Biden administration says it has "broad" authority to be able to revoke the visas of those foreign nationals who support terrorist groups like Hamas.
Its allies and who now are stuck in the country. like one afghan, who is going by the name of abdul to protect his safety and the safety of his family. his fear is evident in this voice mail we played yesterday. [ crying ] >> the american soldiers are forgetting about us after everything we did. the sacrifices we made. why are they leaving us behind? i don't want to be killed by the taliban. they are going to cut our heads off if they find my location. please help. >> "outfront" now, the man behind that voice mail, abdul. he worked for five years as an interpreter for u.s. special forces. he's...
Dozen injured at anti taliban protests. reuterss reporting that. desperation growing among afghans on the ground like one man that only wants to use his first name abdual to protect his safety. he worked for five years as an interpreter for u.s. special forces. he's a visa applicant stranded right now and he's frightened leaving this voice mail with my next guest just this morning. [crying] >> why are the american soldiers forgetting about us after everything we did? [crying] the sacrifices we made. why are you leaving us behind? i don't want to be killed by the taliban. they're going to cut o...
Applicant's case. my supervisor couldn't tell me to change my opinion. it's that type of role each adjudicator plays in assessing a visa applicant. and the visa applicant may return the next day and seek out another playing the judge game. and finally quickly, do you that level to properly assess on the people? >> our state department manpower to deal with because was in the early 60s. growing so much over that time was had to take many officers who would otherwise be doing economic and political reporting and put them to manage this type of demand. we are a bit behind india needs to be review...
Searches, so for the fbi this is pretty much a nightmare. >> bob, i know in talking with you earlier you said you were part of vetting with the visa lottery and president trump tweeted after the attack on tuesday, "i've just ordered homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program. being politically correct is fine, but not for this." if i'm hearing you correctly, vetting isn't necessarily the answer it seems, but is it a change of attitude toward people coming into this country? is it inclusiveness, or is that too simplified? >> well, it's a little simple. the problem is the s...