US Military Prepares For A Flood Of Afghan Refugees

If you thought the US involvement in Afghanistan is over, you are far from wrong. Because this crisis is about to get from bad to worse as the US military is preparing for a flood of refugees.

The Department of Defense is set to house up to 30,000 Afghan refugees on U.S. military bases in the coming days as the Taliban have swept through the nation following President Joe Biden's near-total troop withdrawal.

The individuals will be recipients of the SIV program, short for Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans, which grants asylum to residents of the country who worked for the U.S. government in some capacity, according to DOD documents obtained by Fox News on Sunday. Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort McCoy in Wisconsin are among the military installations that will be accommodating the Afghans.

"The situation in Afghanistan may lead to DoS [Department of State] allowing Afghan SIV applicants to be moved to temporary housing locations while still being vetted for parolee status," the document read.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States can house "several thousand" refugees "immediately," though more could flood in the future.

"We want to have the capacity to get up to several thousand immediately and want to be prepared for the potential of tens of thousands," he told Fox. "Bliss and McCoy have the capability right now — and what’s advantageous is with a little bit of work, they could increase their capacity in very short order."

Kirby did not indicate that U.S. citizens would be given priority evacuation status as much of the country descends into chaos. He said a "mix" of SIV recipients and U.S. personnel would be boarding planes at local airports. (source)

This is just on US military bases. And it’s NOT political- it’s just the truth.

People can mock Tucker Carlson’s comments all they want, but right now, nobody has any idea. The Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai has already called for countries around the world to take in refugees from Afghanistan, and the US just forced tiny Uganda to take 2000 Afghan refugees.

Will there be millions of refugees in the US? I sincerely doubt it. Europe, however, has a bigger problem to worry about. The might actually have this happen because all it takes is- albeit a long one -a train or car ride across either (a) Central Asia and Russia or (b) the Middle East and either into the Balkans or by ferry across the Black Sea.

Right now, there are reports that Afghan migrants are crossing into Europe.

This crisis is just getting started.