Veterans, volunteers, and advocates who slogged for years to support Afghan allies through former President Joe Biden’s bureaucratic dawdling were abandoned by once staunch conservative supporters after President Donald Trump began his crackdown on Afghan resettlements . We learned that “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” does not apply to Afghans.

Take immigration hawks such as the Center for Immigration Studies’ board member Phillip Linderman. He has spread fear about Afghans in various ways. A chief pillar in Linderman’s early articles has been the contention that “whistleblowers” suggested the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts was not properly vetting Afghans, turned a blind eye to bad actors, and tried to “clear” those

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