resettle thousands of Afghan allies into the United States and confirmed that DHS has denied evacuees from entering the U.S.
due to "derogatory" information obtained during the vetting process.Mayorkas was joined by Robert J. Fenton Jr., senior response official of the Unified Coordination Group, during a press conference Friday to discuss Operation Allies Welcome – created to help thousands of vulnerable Afghan evacuees from Afghanistan assimilate into the United States.The DHS secretary told reporters that roughly over 40,000 American citizens and Afghan partners have arrived into the U.S.
from Afghanistan and are undergoing an initial processing at predesignated U.S. military bases prior to being resettled into communities.