The US Has Approved Only 123 Afghan Humanitarian Parole Applications in the Last Year

08/19/22 More than a year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the U.S. government has approved less than 2% of Afghan applications it processed for a humanitarian parole program. Since July 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has collected nearly $20 million from 66,000 applications filed through something called a Form I-131 and approved just 123 of the less than 8,000 applications processed.

The US Has Approved Only 123 Afghan Humanitarian Parole Applications in the Last Year