After failing to pass last year, the Afghan Adjustment Act was reintroduced into Congress in both the House and Senate on July 13th. It was introduced in the Senate by Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and in the House by Rep Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA). The effort is to attach the AAA bill as an amendment to the Senate National Defense Authorization Act, with the hope it will be able to advance through Congress.
The Afghan Adjustment Act was originally introduced in August of 2022 but did not make it to a floor vote. To recap, the AAA would provide a pathway to citizenship for Afghan nationals who came to the United States after the fall of Kabul. These Afghans are currently under humanitarian parole, which is set to soon expire. With the current backlog in the citizenship process, it is important that a permanent pathway to citizenship is created for those who worked alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan and fled in fear of their lives.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION!
These bills are set to pass this week. We encourage you to contact your Congressional Representatives and urge them to support the Afghan Adjustment Act. LIRS (Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services) has a quick and easy page to contact your reps. You can use the template.
At time of publication, three Arizona House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors: David Schweikert (R) District 1, Juan Ciscomani (R) District 6, and Greg Stanton (D), District 4. See full list of Congress sponsorship.
If your Congressional Representative was one of the three Arizona Representatives to sign on as a co-sponsor, please reach out and thank them!