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Good afternoon im Martha Maccallum and this is the story a big afternoon in new york. Former President Donald Trump is about to hold a Campaign Event in the bronx. This is a highly unlikely situation. He would be the first republican president ial candidate if he were to in new york which he thinks he has a possibility of doing. As i said, very unlikely it hasnt happened since Ronald Reagan 40 years ago. Take a look at this, this is president reagan speaking to the National Urban league in new york city 1980. Watch. You and i both know there are perceived barriers between my political beliefs and the aspirations of Black Americans. Those barriers ....
Folks to qualify to get out, she told us today that it is a practical impossibility for anybody to take advantage of that, both because of the complexity of what the state department demands as part of that application but also specifically because of this requirement that in order to apply for that visa, you have to leave afghanistan. well, how do you do that? when the taliban now controls the government and the border crossings, as well as internal transportation within the country to a certain extent. president biden yesterday authorized $500 million, which is a significant amount of money, to supercharge the evacuation efforts and the handling of visa requests. the state department told us tonight that they are surging both resources and crucially more personnel, more state department personnel back into kabul to try to get more people processed, to get more people out. they say they expect to have double the number of consular personnel on friday as they do ....
Her husband and her children are safe now in california where we spoke with her today. but she told us her mother and other people who are trying to get out of afghanistan right now, this p-2 visa that supposedly allows all these folks to qualify to get out, she told us today that it is a practical impossibility for anybody to take advantage of that, both because of the complexity of what the state department demands as part of that application but also specifically because of this requirement that in order to apply for that visa, you have to leave afghanistan. well, how do you do that? when the taliban now controls the government and the border crossings, as well as internal transportation within the country to a certain extent. president biden yesterday authorized $500 million, which is a significant amount of money, to supercharge the evacuation efforts and the handling of visa requests. the state department told us tonight that they are surging both resources and crucially more per ....
Whit? brittany, thank you. good to have you tonight. now to afghanistan and the battle for control as american troops head home. the taliban rapidly gaining ground. half the country s roughly 400 districts now in their hands. the u.s. is frantically processing thousands of visa requests from those who worked with american forces. here s abc s julia macfarlane. reporter: tonight, the taliban on the march, launching fresh attacks on three afghan cities. militants targeting key areas like kandahar that could be devastating for the government to lose as american troops head home. i have been deeply concerned by the events that have played out over the last six or seven weeks. reporter: thousands of afghans fleeing for their lives, many lining up for passports as security deteriorates. the u.s. evacuating the first afghan interpreters and their families who ve applied for special immigrant visas out of 20,000 in total. 2,500 afghans are to be resettled in the u.s. a small number o ....
With some officials arguing against taking the evacuees to u.s. territory, where they would have more legal rights once they arrived. in the administrations discussions on the issue of getting these translators to safety, some officials at the department of homeland security and the state have voiced misgivings about evacuating afghan partners to guam or other u.s. territories, where the visa applications would be reviewed. according to two correctional aids and three people familiar with the matter. that s five sources. those officials believe there are additional legal issues you encounter when you bring them to u.s. territory, said one congressional aide. if an afghan s visa requests were denied on u.s. territory, legal experts said the applicant would have recourse to appeal the decision. and under american immigration law. but if instead, the applicant was in a third country, he or she would have virtually no grounds to appeal any rejection of a u.s. visa requests or an order to d ....