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Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) holders and families enter US in high numbers

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Maryland and Virginia are in the top five welcoming states… I’ve been told that the flow of these ‘special’ immigrants are helping to keep federal money flowing to the resettlement contractors*** as they are treated as refugees (but not counted as part of the 45,000 ceiling set by the President last September) and as such, … Continue reading Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) holders and families enter US in high numbers

GAO: Huge numbers of Special Immigrant Visa holders not finding work

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But a big problem, says the Government Accountability Office , is that neither the US State Department or the Office of Refugee Resettlement in HHS are doing much to track the outcomes of those admitted to the US from Iraq and Afghanistan who supposedly worked for us as interpreters. I told you here recently that the number … Continue reading GAO: Huge numbers of Special Immigrant Visa holders not finding work

Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans help refugee contractors stay afloat

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I heard recently that the refugee resettlement agencies (the big nine)*** which the State Department contracts to place refugees in your towns and cities were busy resettling ‘interpreters’ from Afghanistan and those federal payments were helping keep them financially afloat. So…I checked some numbers at Wrapsnet and was amazed by what I saw.  Sure enough … Continue reading Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans help refugee contractors stay afloat