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Three percent of Afghan evacuees already in US have special visas: DHS

By Mike Brest
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Three percent of Afghan evacuees already in US have special visas: DHS

Only a small percentage of the tens of thousands of Afghans who were evacuated and taken to the United States possess special immigrant visas.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill that only about 3%, or approximately 1,800, have SIVs of the roughly 60,000 Afghan evacuees who have landed in the U.S. already. Additionally, 7% of them are U.S. citizens, and 6% are lawful permanent residents.

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