made the decision, too, that evacuating them because they are vulnerable, because their lives are at risk and moving them to a third country, fine they are in transition for a period of time is preferable to their lives being threatened. one more question here. sure. okay. so assume that the people that are vetted, once they are vetted. yeah. they come to the united states. ya. is it all of the people who have gotten through the vetting screens, some might have failed but that all of the people that come are going to be granted legal permanent residence to and a path to citizenship in the united states or is it possible that some of those people will have to apply through other programs and could be deported back to afghanistan? well, once once individuals arrive in the united states they will be eligible to apply for asylum or other available immigration pathways which have which have as a condition additional screening
0 these are known passport holders. okay. but have have lprs also been contacted? yes. and what about siv applicants, people who are we re in contact will we get i m sorry. i don t expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began there s been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and there s been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you were dealt by the previous to deal with the taliban in terms of the siv program in terms of the broader refugee program. you guys have been in office for eight months. it s been five months since the president s decision was made. is there anything about the shortcomings have about been so readily identified by all sorts of people that you are actually willing to take responsibility for yourselves? thanks, matt. let me say two things. with regards to numbers in these different categories, as you ve