Trump adviser Stephen Miller warned of ‘Iraqs and ‘Stans’ in the US while slow-walking the entry of Afghan allies

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There have been many blog posts (see, e.g., here) about the admission of Afghan refugees, admission of special immigrants, with the Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan.  ImmigrationProf previously reported on the role of senior White House  aide Stephen Miller, the architect of many of President Trump’s tough immigration policies, on the slowing of the admissions of Afghanistan citizens into the United States.   

  CNN now reports that Miller

“seemed floored by the idea, raised during a fall Cabinet meeting in 2018, of  keeping open the doors for Afghan allies and other Middle East refugees to enter the US.  `What do you guys want?’ Miller, then a top adviser to President Donald Trump, asked incredulously, according to one person in the room. `A bunch of Iraqs and ‘Stans across the country?’ . . . .

Under Miller’s guidance, several sources told CNN, the Trump administration was purposefully slow-walking the entry of all refugees — including allies who aided American soldiers in Afghanistan. Now, after the end of America’s longest war, `the majority’ of Afghans who worked for the US during its two-decade military campaign have likely been left behind in Afghanistan, according to State Department estimates, at the mercy of the country’s new Taliban regime. And Republicans are criticizing President Joe Biden for the chaotic withdrawal and for vetting allies too loosely.”

KJ