{"id":663264,"date":"2021-08-19T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=663264"},"modified":"2021-08-19T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:51:23","slug":"biden-admin-charging-u-s-citizens-2000-for-evacuation-flights-out-of-afghanistan-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-charging-u-s-citizens-2000-for-evacuation-flights-out-of-afghanistan-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Charging U.S. Citizens $2,000 For Evacuation Flights Out Of Afghanistan, Report Says"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-charging-u-s-citizens-2000-for-evacuation-flights-out-of-afghanistan-report-says%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=663264&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\/08\/T-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A report published on Thursday alleged that the Biden administration was charging U.S. citizens for evacuation flights out of Afghanistan, and even more for non-citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though U.S. officials tell NatSec Daily and others that evacuation flights from Kabul will be free, people trying to catch a plane in the Afghan capital say differently,\u201d Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/national-security-daily\/2021\/08\/19\/exclusive-bidens-iran-envoy-calls-nuclear-deals-fate-one-big-question-mark-494049\">reported<\/a>. \u201cOne person said State Department staff were seeking large payments \u2014 up to $2,000 \u2014 from American passengers and even more from non-U.S. citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politico says that it confronted the State Department over the matter, which they said did not deny that it was happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. law requires that evacuation assistance to private U.S. citizens or third country nationals be provided \u2018on a reimbursable basis to the maximum extent practicable,\u2019\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThe situation is extremely fluid, and we are working to overcome obstacles as they arise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other words, the Biden administration may request payments for evacuation flights,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) responded to the report by saying that she was creating legislation to ban the U.S. government from charging Americans for the flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden created this crisis, now he wants to charge Americans who are desperately fleeing the Taliban? That\u2019s wrong,\u201d she wrote on Twitter. \u201cWe should not be making Americans pay for their ride to safety. I\u2019m drafting legislation now to PROHIBIT the US government from charging Americans, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.700854700855\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden created this crisis, now he wants to charge Americans who are desperately fleeing the Taliban? That\u2019s wrong. We should not be making Americans pay for their ride to safety. I\u2019m drafting legislation now to PROHIBIT the US government from charging Americans, period. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/urYL9GYIfh\">https:\/\/t.co\/urYL9GYIfh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Tenney (@RepTenney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTenney\/status\/1428474080345395208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>State Department Spokesman Ned Price claimed to The Daily Caller that the administration has \u201cno intention of seeking any reimbursement from those fleeing Afghanistan,\u201d which contradicts what the State Department said over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepatriation flights are not free, and passengers will be required to sign a promissory loan agreement and may not be eligible to renew their U.S. passports until the loan is repaid,\u201d the administration <a href=\"https:\/\/af.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-repatriation-assistance-for-u-s-citizens-august-14-2021\/\">said<\/a> in a security alert issued on Saturday. \u201cThe cost may be $2,000USD or more per person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report published on Thursday alleged that the Biden administration was charging U.S. citizens for evacuation flights out of Afghanistan, and even more for non-citizens.\u201cEven though U.S. officials tell NatSec &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}