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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Aug 21, 2021, 12:59 PM Aug 2021

Trump had 4 years to help Afghan allies leave the country but Stephen Miller's 'racist hysteria'

blocked it from happening

A former national security official blamed the Trump administration and Stephen Miller's "racist hysteria" for impeding the visa application process for Afghans who worked with the US.

Olivia Troye worked as the homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to Vice President Mike Pence. In a Twitter thread Friday, she blasted the Trump administration for its handling of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) programs that provide a path to US residency for locals who worked with the US government in Afghanistan.

"There were cabinet mtgs about this during the Trump Admin where Stephen Miller would peddle his racist hysteria about Iraq & Afghanistan. He & his enablers across gov't would undermine anyone who worked on solving the SIV issue by devastating the system at DHS & State," Troye wrote.

Since the Taliban swiftly seized control of Afghanistan Sunday, the US has been struggling to evacuate Americans as well as tens of thousands of Afghan allies who have worked with the US over the past two decades.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-pence-adviser-said-trump-073525391.html
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Trump had 4 years to help Afghan allies leave the country but Stephen Miller's 'racist hysteria' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP
Ms. Troye exposed this in a tweet yesterday... 2naSalit Aug 2021 #1
Stephen Milller is a glue-eating Nazi ghoul Blue Owl Aug 2021 #2
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