It has been nearly two years since Kabul fell to the Taliban and over 70,000 Afghans who fled for their lives are still in the United States with nothing more than a temporary protected status that is set to expire imminently.
The Afghan Adjustment Act of 2023 would provide permanent status and pathways to citizenship for Afghan war evacuees. It would help them bypass already backlogged asylum channels that can take years of waiting. In addition, many more Afghans are still at risk in Afghanistan or nearby countries where the threat of violence remains. The Afghan Adjustment Act has provisions that would help vulnerable Afghans who were left behind immigrate to the United States. You can read more about the Afghan evacuees and the need for an Afghan Adjustment Act through this backgrounder from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
This law should have been passed in the last Congressional session, but it never made it to a vote. This time, Congress could take a vote on this legislation as soon as this week.
Tell your Congressional leaders to support the bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act using the form below.
Photo of coalition forces evacuating children at Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, by Victor Mancilla