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More troops headed to Mexico border as migrants surge
The Biden administration is sending 800 active-duty military troops to the border, adding to 2,500 National Guard members there.
By Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press
Last Afghan refugees leave NJ base after chaotic evacuation
Housing facilities for refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey will remain open in the interim, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Last Afghan refugees depart Air Force base in New Mexico
Holloman Air Force Base was one of eight U.S. military installations used for Operation Allies Welcome.
Afghan resettlement work wrapping up at Indiana Guard base
The Indiana National Guard’s Camp Atterbury training base has helped resettle about 7,200 Afghan refugees in the U.S. since September.
Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy cheer ‘Nutcracker’ ballet
Evacuees from Afghanistan began arriving at Fort McCoy in late August.
By Lucas Robinson, Wisconsin State Journal
‘We need your help:’ A letter to President Joe Biden
I need your help to save my family as I risked everything to save many soldiers as I could during the War on Terror.
By Nasirullah "John" Safi
Afghans wait and worry at US bases after frantic evacuation
The slow pace has become a defining characteristic of Operation Allies Welcome, the largest U.S. refugee resettlement effort in decades.
Money for Afghan refugees but not military pay boost in latest federal budget plan
The budget plan would avoid a partial government shutdown set for Friday night.
Timeline extended for resettling Afghan refugees in Indiana
Indiana was previously projected to take 490, but officials said Tuesday that the state has since committed to accepting 719 refugees.
No Afghan family members of U.S. troops have been eligible to come to the U.S. Here’s why
Dozens of family members would like to leave Afghanistan, but there isn't a special emigration process for them.
An American hellscape: Afghan evacuations take toll on veterans, volunteers
I am inundated daily with calls for help from dozens of other families desperate for rescue, writes the author of this commentary.
By Lark S. Escobar