- Most of these refugeescame here temporarily

on humanitarian grounds.

While there is wide support

for those who workedalongside the US after 9/11,

there are concerns about those who didn't.

(man speaking in foreign language)

- [Tara] Fleeing the homeland.

- They will kill me.

- [Tara] Rushing Kabul's airport

trying to escape violent Taliban rule

on US military flights out of Afghanistan.

The lucky ones now on American soil.

- We must all work together toresettle thousands of Afghans

who ultimately qualify for refugee status.

- [Tara] The White House estimates

95,000 Afghans willarrive over the next year.

- [Reporter] Many of thosefleeing the Taliban rule

in Afghanistan areexpected to head to states

like California, Maryland, and Texas.

- [Tara] Fanning outto nearly every state.

- I imagine coming to anew community is difficult.

Their advantage is thatthey're English speakers.

They are highly educated.

- [Tara] Some worked with US troops

and government officials,although most did not.

- Here in the United States,

we have admitted justover 40,000 individuals.

That includes US citizens,lawful permanent residents,

special immigrant visa holders.

- [Tara] The StateDepartment says interpreters,

drivers, embassy workers, and others

who qualified for special immigrant visas

should have been evacuated first.

- It should not have been

a precipitous, chaotic, andunfortunately, deadly departure.

- [Tara] A departure thatleft an unknown number

of Americans and US allies behind.

- The reason why these folksare in this situation at all

is because of their serviceand their families' service

to the US military.

- [Tara] More than a month later,

they remain at the mercy ofthe Taliban with no way out.

- They were just killing,

they were just beating women,

they were just beatingkids in front of my eyes.

- [Tara] For those in the US,like this group of Afghans

at Dulles Airport near Washington DC,

President Biden is pushing lawmakers

to approve a $6.3 billionrefugee resettlement plan.

- In our own country, raisethe cap for our refugees.

- [Tara] The proposal includes

waiving standard vetting procedures,

fast-tracking green cards,and a path to citizenship,

plus welfare benefits for all

regardless of immigration status,

a plan critics say is costly.

- Now they're bringing inAfghans, giving them green cards,

healthcare, probably freecollege tuition, food stamps.

(guns popping)

- [Tara] Even dangerous.

- And Afghanistan isa third world country,

and now the Taliban are in control of it.

- [Tara] And benefiting peoplenot intended to be here.

- There was no vetting.

These were people whojust got to the airport

and managed to get out on a plane.

And look, nobody blames them

for wanting to get out of there,

but we don't know who these people are.

- [Tara] Most are housedat military installations

before moving on to morepermanent destinations.

Advocacy groups arealso providing resources

to help navigate and speedalong the immigration process.

- We have legal services,

so it's kind of endless.

We try to be sort of one-stop shopping.

- [Tara] Amid fallout fromthe disastrous pull-out,

another crisis still unfoldingat America's southern border.

as illegal crossings surgeto even greater highs,

there's growing concern terrorists

will take advantage of the chaos.

- We have wide open borders.

It is not that hard forsomebody who gets loose

to make it to Central America, to Mexico,

and to come up and come across that border

with that surge of humanitythat's been coming across

ever since President Biden took office.

- This as scores of Afghansstill wait in other countries

seeking to also begina new life in America.

As for President Biden'srefugee resettlement plan,

House lawmakers have already approved it.

Next stop, the Senate,

where Democrats have a razor-thinmajority to get it passed.

In Washington, I'm TaraMergener, CBN News.