Hogan Criticizes Biden Administration’s Handling Of Afghanistan

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan connected Sunday criticized the mode the Biden medication has handled Afghanistan, calling the evacuation an “unmitigated disaster” during an quality connected CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

The politician besides reiterated Maryland is unfastened to accepting much Afghan refugees connected Special Immigrant Visas, which supply asylum for Afghan and Iraqi nationals who helped U.S. operations arsenic interpreters, information officers, drivers and successful different roles.

“We’ve got to get our Americans retired and we’ve got to get those allies retired arsenic well,” Hogan told Major Garrett. “And we’re going to bash everything we tin to assistance bash that.”

Hogan said Maryland has already received immoderate refugees and authorities officials are acceptable to speech with the State Department connected Monday greeting astir accepting more.

On Aug. 16, Hogan released a video message announcing the state’s committedness to instrumentality much Afghan refugees arsenic the Taliban takes implicit the country.

“Many of these Afghan citizens—our allies—bravely risked their lives to supply invaluable enactment for galore years to our efforts arsenic interpreters and enactment staff, and we person a motivation work to assistance them,” helium said. “Maryland receives much of these SIV’s than astir immoderate different state, and we basal acceptable and consenting to person more. It is the slightest we tin do.”

On Friday, the Maryland bureau of the Council connected American-Islamic Relations contiguous praised the governor’s commitment. The radical is besides moving with section mosques to cod donations for families arriving successful the area.

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“CAIR appreciates Governor Hogan’s committedness to welcoming Afghans arriving to our portion particularly nether the existent circumstances,” manager Zainab Chaudry said successful a statement. “Our communities’ corporate enactment aims to assistance these families process the ordeals they’ve faced and set to their caller homes. We’re besides acrophobic astir past experiences of xenophobia and intolerance reported against antecedently resettled families. We anticipation to assistance offset immoderate of those challenges.”