{"id":751521,"date":"2021-09-14T13:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=751521"},"modified":"2021-09-14T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:06:08","slug":"republican-lawmaker-presses-dhs-on-afghan-refugees-flagged-for-terror-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-lawmaker-presses-dhs-on-afghan-refugees-flagged-for-terror-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Lawmaker Presses DHS on Afghan Refugees Flagged for Terror Ties"},"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\">22<\/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%2Frepublican-lawmaker-presses-dhs-on-afghan-refugees-flagged-for-terror-ties%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=751521&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 readability=\"31.776315789474\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Rep. Mark Green also requests info on reports of &#8216;sexual assault, theft, and violence in evacuee processing facilities&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514-1.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1318665500_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRep. Mark Green (R., Tenn.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 September 14, 2021 1:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"70.499243570348\">\n<p>A Republican lawmaker is demanding the Department of Homeland Security address reports that some Afghan asylum seekers are on terror watchlists and have been accused of sexual assault, according to a letter obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;According to your own words, you are the federal official responsible for Afghan evacuees,&#8221; Rep. Mark Green (R., Tenn.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and an Afghanistan veteran, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Secretary-Mayorkas-Letter-from-CMG-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. &#8220;Your attention to these grave concerns is of paramount importance to the protection of the American homeland.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Green is requesting Mayorkas provide information on how many evacuees U.S. authorities have flagged during the screening process and address reports of &#8220;sexual assault, theft, and violence in evacuee processing facilities.&#8221; Multiple asylum seekers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/threats\/2021\/08\/kabul-evacuee-potential-isis-ties-detained-qatar-base\/184811\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> been on U.S. terror watch lists, including one with ties to ISIS, and others have been credibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/afghan-refugees-security-risks\/2021\/09\/09\/a0c5d1ac-1194-11ec-a511-cb913c7e5ba0_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> of sexual assault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Republican congressman is also demanding a breakdown on how many Afghan refugees are translators and associates of the United States military, saying &#8220;the vast majority of evacuees currently in the United States were not interpreters who fought alongside our troops in Afghanistan.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The letter comes as the Department of Homeland Security faces internal turmoil. The department&#8217;s chief of staff <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/13\/dept-of-homeland-security-chief-of-staff-abruptly-resigns-511650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>resigned<\/span><\/a><span> on Monday, and sources tell <\/span><i><span>Politico<\/span><\/i><span> that morale is low among agency staffers, who are also confronting a surge in illegal immigration at the southern border. The agency faces the two crises even as some Democrats <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/democrats-justify-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-by-arguing-it-will-increase-deficit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>push<\/span><\/a><span> for amnesty for illegal immigrants to justify massive government spending in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Afghan refugees did not receive COVID-19 tests before evacuating Kabul, the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/afghan-refugees-not-tested-for-covid-before-landing-in-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Rep. Mark Green also requests info on reports of &#8216;sexual assault, theft, and violence in evacuee processing facilities&#8217;  Rep. 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