‘Urgent pleas’: Democrats press Biden administration to answer logistical questions for Afghans left behind

Published September 7, 2021 10:06pm ET



President Joe Biden’s team faces new congressional pressure to provide a detailed plan to assist Americans and U.S. partners stranded in Afghanistan after U.S. officials ended the evacuation operation at Kabul airport last week.

“What instructions can we provide to individuals who evacuated to a third country through a private charter flight, and need to undergo processing to come to the United States?” Rep. Ami Bera and House Administration Chair Zoe Lofgren, a pair of California Democrats, wrote in a letter also signed by House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler of New York.

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