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When Taliban fighters hunting for Ahmad Shoaib Durgee knocked on his door in Kabul, Afghanistan, he scrambled to escape with his family of six to reunite with his sister in Sacramento, California.
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are making a new life in America since the Taliban regained control of the country in August. As numbers grow, the Biden administration wants Congress to make it easier for refugees headed here. Most of these refugees came here temporarily on humanitarian grounds. While there is wide support for those who worked alongside the U.S. after 9/11, there are concerns about those who didn't.
US lawmakers push administration to establish two top posts to help Afghans and others who missed US withdrawal deadline