{"id":1139173,"date":"2021-12-21T19:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139173"},"modified":"2021-12-21T19:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:49:49","slug":"democrats-beg-biden-open-u-s-borders-to-potentially-half-a-million-afghans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-beg-biden-open-u-s-borders-to-potentially-half-a-million-afghans\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Beg Biden: Open U.S. Borders to Potentially Half a Million Afghans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-beg-biden-open-u-s-borders-to-potentially-half-a-million-afghans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1234971402-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">House and Senate Democrats are pleading with President Joe Biden to open the borders of the United States to more Afghans \u2014 potentially half a million.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-August, as a result of his withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces out of Afghanistan, Biden started the most expansive resettlement operation in American history. Since then, more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/19\/biden-resettles-40k-afghans\/\">74,500 Afghans<\/a> have been brought to the U.S. for resettlement across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/16\/joe-biden-to-resettle-afghans-in-46-states-many-going-to-swing-states\/\">46 states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the Afghans brought in by Biden are arriving on \u201chumanitarian parole,\u201d a maneuver that allows visa-less foreign nationals to come to the U.S. with the hope of being approved for asylum, refugee status, a visa, or green card in the future.<\/p>\n<p>This week, a group of 55 House and Senate Democrats is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/(12.20.21)%20FINAL%20Afghan%20Humanitarian%20Parole%20letter%202021.12.20%20(002).pdf\">urging Biden<\/a> to open further the parole pipeline for Afghans. According to the lawmakers, \u201cup to 500,000 Afghans are likely to seek refuge outside of [Afghanistan] by the end of the year and half of [Afghanistan\u2019s] population is in need of aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats call the Biden administration\u2019s current parole process \u201crestrictive and inconsistent\u201d because there have been reports of Afghans being denied parole. \u201cAll vulnerable Afghans,\u201d the Democrats write, must be allowed into the U.S. via parole.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to ensure that all vulnerable Afghans, including those in third countries and those still stranded in Afghanistan, are paroled into the United States and not left to languish in legal limbo,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s resettlement operation is being funded by the billions by American taxpayers and corporate interests.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a group of Senate Republicans voted with Democrats to give Biden an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/government-funding-bill-includes-7b-for-endless-flood-of-afghans-to-u-s\/\">additional $7 billion<\/a>&nbsp;to fund the resettlement operation with no end date or numerical limit for when the U.S. will halt resettling Afghans. The total amount that American taxpayers are now spending on the operation exceeds&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/the-list-19-senate-republicans-give-biden-over-13b-to-resettle-unlimited-flow-of-afghans-across-their-states\/\">$13 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, a non-governmental organization (NGO) \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/09\/clinton-bush-obama-biden-working-closely-to-resettle-afghans-across-u-s\/\">backed by<\/a>&nbsp;former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama \u2014 is facilitating much of the Afghan resettlement on the corporate side. That NGO&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/koch-network-joins-biden-obama-bush-clinton-to-resettle-afghans-across-u-s\/\">is working<\/a>&nbsp;with the Koch brothers network of donor class organizations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Refugee resettlement&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/02\/05\/study-refugee-resettlement-costs-u-s-taxpayers-more-than-8b-in-five-years\/\">costs<\/a>&nbsp;American taxpayers nearly&nbsp;$9 billion&nbsp;every five years, according to research, and each refugee costs taxpayers about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/03\/05\/study-american-taxpayers-billed-up-to-133k-per-refugee-resettled-in-u-s\/\">$133,000<\/a>&nbsp;over the course of their lifetime. Within five years, an estimated 16 percent of all refugees admitted will need housing assistance paid for by taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 20 years, nearly a million refugees have been resettled in the nation \u2014 more than double the number of residents living in Miami, Florida, and it would be the equivalent of annually adding the population of Pensacola, Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House and Senate Democrats are pleading with President Joe Biden to open the borders of the United States to more Afghans \u2014 potentially half a million. 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