Most Americans Support the Resettlement of Afghans in the United States: Poll Immigration News

AP-NORC polls show that Americans from all political fields support the resettlement of Afghan refugees in the country.

Although the US immigration policy is severely polarized, a new poll released on Monday showed that most Americans support the resettlement of Afghans working with the US military in Afghanistan.

Associated Press-NORC Public Affairs Research Center polling Found that 72% of Americans say they support grants Refugee status Those who cooperated with the United States or the Afghan government during the Afghan war, if they passed the security check.

The survey was conducted a few weeks after the U.S. military completed its plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the capital, Kabul. The survey showed that this support spanned political divisions.

The poll found that 76% of Democrats said they support the resettlement of Afghans who cooperate with the US or Afghan government forces, compared with 74% of Republicans. Overall, only 9% of Americans said they opposed it.

Observers say that the survey results show that after nearly 20 years of war, most Americans believe that it is a duty to provide refuge to Afghans from potential Taliban retaliation.

Most Americans emphasize the importance of strict security reviews of Afghan refugees [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

“We owe them,” Andrew Davis, a 62-year-old Republican and Army veteran in Galloway, Ohio, told the Associated Press. “I think it would be dangerous for them to stay there if they help us.”

Davis said he supports accepting former Afghan employees from the US or the Afghan government and is willing to do the same for other Afghans who feel the Taliban are dangerous. But he emphasized the importance of conducting security reviews of all Afghan refugees to rule out any security risks.

“If we can do it… I do think we should accept them,” he said. “I mean, they are clearly under threat.”

On September 30, Congress passed a resolution that included $6.3 billion in additional funding Resettlement for Afghanistan, and benefit For those who are admitted into Afghanistan under humanitarian parole.

So far, thousands of Afghans have arrived in the United States. Many people live in military bases and wait for immigration to be processed before they are allowed to start living in host communities across the country.

“I want to be the representative of the American Afghan people” Hashima, a 23-year-old Afghan woman, Tell Al Jazeera Last month from Fort McCoy military base in Wisconsin.

“I hope to have sufficient freedom to achieve my goal,” Hashima said, and for safety reasons, she only used her own name.

Most Haitian immigrants who arrived in the United States last month hoping to apply for asylum are being deported under the “Article 42” public health rules [Mexico’s National Migration Institute/Handout via Reuters]

Monday’s poll was faced by President Joe Biden crucial moment When it comes to immigration, human rights organizations and other advocates urge the US leader to adopt a more “humane” approach than his predecessor, Donald Trump, because of the surge of immigration on the southern border of the United States.

Last month, more than 14,000 mostly Haitians Immigrants gathered under a bridge in southern Texas, hoping to obtain asylum in the United States.

The Biden administration’s response was detention and Expelled more than 6,000 people On the flight to Haiti, Haiti faces multiple political and humanitarian crises. Thousands of others returned to Mexico for fear of being deported.

Opinion polls show that unlike the United States’ attitude towards Afghan refugees, Americans’ views on asylum seekers arriving at the southern border are even more divided.

The ABC News/Ipsos poll published on September 29 found that 58% of Americans support allowing immigrants arriving at the southern border to stay in the United States until their asylum cases are heard.

But opinion polls show that there is a huge gap between parties. 83% of Democrats support allowing asylum seekers to stay in the United States while the case is pending, compared with 27% of Republicans.