Post by mhbruin on Dec 21, 2022 9:45:50 GMT -8
You Can't Spell "Grassley" Without "ASS"
Retired military officials and officers, major veterans groups, and affected individuals have been relentlessly pushing for lawmakers to pass legalization for Afghan evacuees through the must-pass funding bill. But CNN’s Jake Tapper reported Monday night that a source said the effort to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act through the omnibus bill isn’t going to happen.
“Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, continued to oppose the act at the committee level, the source said,” CNN reported. Grassley’s opposition to the bill has long been confirmed. The bill’s reported exclusion from the omnibus package hasn’t been officially confirmed by lawmakers. But if true, it would be a moral failure and the breaking of a promise we made to our allies.
“Congress has missed yet another opportunity to keep our nation’s promise of protection to the allies of America’s longest war,” tweeted Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president of Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service. “Despite many legislative opportunities and 3 separate WH requests, Afghans in the US will remain subject to the anxiety of unnecessary legal limbo.”
“The glaring omission of this bill is an epic failure to seize on practical solutions that enjoy broad, bipartisan support,” she continued. Polling from this past fall found that while most Americans were unfamiliar with the Afghan Adjustment Act, nearly 60% expressed support “after reading a neutral description” of the legislation. That support jumped by double digits to 76%, when voters are informed that prominent veterans groups support the legislation.
The largest veterans organizations in recent days reissued a call for lawmakers to pass the proposal, and pressed for its inclusion in the funding bill.
Retired military officials and officers, major veterans groups, and affected individuals have been relentlessly pushing for lawmakers to pass legalization for Afghan evacuees through the must-pass funding bill. But CNN’s Jake Tapper reported Monday night that a source said the effort to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act through the omnibus bill isn’t going to happen.
“Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, continued to oppose the act at the committee level, the source said,” CNN reported. Grassley’s opposition to the bill has long been confirmed. The bill’s reported exclusion from the omnibus package hasn’t been officially confirmed by lawmakers. But if true, it would be a moral failure and the breaking of a promise we made to our allies.
“Congress has missed yet another opportunity to keep our nation’s promise of protection to the allies of America’s longest war,” tweeted Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president of Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service. “Despite many legislative opportunities and 3 separate WH requests, Afghans in the US will remain subject to the anxiety of unnecessary legal limbo.”
“The glaring omission of this bill is an epic failure to seize on practical solutions that enjoy broad, bipartisan support,” she continued. Polling from this past fall found that while most Americans were unfamiliar with the Afghan Adjustment Act, nearly 60% expressed support “after reading a neutral description” of the legislation. That support jumped by double digits to 76%, when voters are informed that prominent veterans groups support the legislation.
The largest veterans organizations in recent days reissued a call for lawmakers to pass the proposal, and pressed for its inclusion in the funding bill.
