The reason the failures of troop withdrawal are the central issue in our Afghan policy right now is that the withdrawal appears to have been deliberately conducted in a way that minimized the number of Afghans, including visa holders, who would physically reach the United States https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1427741767307300864 …
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A good rule of thumb is that if a US government labels you "Dreamers" in any context, run and hide as fast as your legs can take you.
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I hope the Afghan Girls' Robotics team can make it to safety and will accept my death in the pincers of their future killbot army with equanimity. We had it coming.
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When these Afghan girls wanted to come to the US to take part in a robotics competition, it was Trump who cut through the red tape and found a way to let them in (They were denied visas for fears they might stay). Biden won't do as much to save their lives https://www.fox5dc.com/news/afghan-girls-robotics-team-arrives-in-us-just-in-time-for-competition …pic.twitter.com/TkPXq77ZB3
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The bipartisan bigotry against Central Asian muslims runs so deep that the US won't even act in its self-interest and cherry-pick a cohort of the most educated, promising Afghan young people, whose contribution would be massive, to allow in. That is a deep commitment to fear.
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Biden also looking to move the US asylum process out of courts and into the hands of bureaucrats. The system already relies on the fact that almost no applicants understand their legal rights or have access to counsel; this change would go far towards making asylum discretionary.pic.twitter.com/Hg2scmUWdL
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There's a line of argument that says Biden needs to be tough on immigration to prevent Republicans from returning to power. But that ignores the fact that Biden's immigration policy is worse than Trump's.
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Update: ten of the girls on the Afghan Robotics Team have made it safely to Qatar, after that government sent a plane .https://www.today.com/parents/girls-afghanistans-robotics-team-rescued-t228683 …
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Sorry only just caught this and today's debate finished, but I'll have a think about what might be done
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