Daniel Dale

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Daniel Dale @ddale8

Biden said “the law doesn’t allow” Afghan translators to wait for visas inside the US. But presidents including Obama have used the broad federal parole power to let in people from multiple groups, from Haitians to entrepreneurs to Filipino vets’ families: https://t.co/tRs0brZcEi — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 14, 2021

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Biden claimed “the law doesn’t allow” Afghan translators to wait in the US, rather than another country, as they are considered for visas. But it’s not clear Biden’s own team believes the law actually prohibits this, and lots of experts say it doesn’t: https://t.co/tRs0brZcEi — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 14, 2021

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Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who is active on the Afghan visa issue, told me he was “a little surprised” to hear Biden’s “the law doesn’t allow” claim. “My understanding is that he does have the authority,” Blumenauer said: https://t.co/tRs0brZcEi — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 14, 2021