STATEMENT: House of Representatives Passes ALLIES Act of 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2021
Contact: Timothy Younger | tyoung@lirs.org | 443-257-6310

 

Washington D.C. – The U.S. Home of Representatives immediately handed by a vote of 407-16 the Averting Lack of Life and Damage by Expediting SIVs Act, or Allies Act of 2021 – bipartisan laws launched by Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) to extend the visa cap for Afghan interpreters and different companions, and to expedite the visa course of.

 

Amongst its provisions, the invoice will increase the Afghan Particular Immigrant Visa (SIV) allotment by a further 8,000 visas, amends the credible risk requirement and removes extra paperwork to determine a reputable risk, clarifies eligibility for Afghans who labored for Non-Authorities Organizations beneath cooperative agreements and grants with the U.S. authorities, streamlines duplicative procedures, and permits relations of deceased main SIV candidates to proceed by the method if the first SIV applicant dies earlier than visa approval.

 

The next is an announcement by Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service – a number one refugee resettlement company that has welcomed and supported 11,000 Afghan and Iraqi SIV recipients since 2009:

 

“It is a bipartisan victory of which we will all be proud as People. The passage of this laws is a recognition that this crucial second requires boldness – not forms.

 

The ALLIES Act is a vital step ahead in dwelling our core values and upholding the sacred navy maxim to go away nobody behind. We’re grateful to Consultant Jason Crow for his management in defending our Afghan allies and their households.

 

Because the Taliban positive factors energy and territory, time is rapidly working out for the courageous people who risked the whole lot to faithfully serve our mission. It’s vital that the Senate rapidly advance laws to guard our allies and our nation’s repute. Our nice hope is that this broad demonstration of help will even encourage the administration to step up its efforts to evacuate all allies in determined want of security.”

 

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