Joint Letter to Biden Administration Expressing Concern Regarding Humanitarian Parole Denials for Afghans

We write to you on behalf of the undersigned organizations, legal services providers, resettlement agencies, law firms, and law school clinics, to express our extreme concern regarding the exclusionary approach the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has adopted towards over 30,000 Afghans who have applied for Humanitarian Parole to the United States.

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