Explainers
The policy is complicated. The stakes are not.
Clear, factual explainers on the U.S. policy affecting Afghan allies, for journalists, congressional staff, advocates, veterans, and the Afghans living it.
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The essentials
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AfghanEvac Issues Primer
The essential overview of where things stand for Afghan allies, and what is at stake.
Read the explainer →Family Reunification
How families separated during and after the evacuation can be brought back together.
Read the explainer →Enduring Welcome Manifest Eligibility
Who was eligible for an Enduring Welcome relocation manifest, before the program was dismantled.
Read the explainer →Vetting
How Afghan allies are screened, and why the process is rigorous, layered, and continuous.
Read the explainer →Travel Ban
What the travel proclamation does, and how it affects Afghan allies, including issuance falling to zero.
Read the explainer →SIV Current State
Where the Special Immigrant Visa program stands right now.
Read the explainer →Policy
Rules, regulations, and proposals
What each policy change does, and what it means for Afghans, in plain language.
Travel Ban
What the travel ban does, and how it affects Afghan allies.
Read the explainer →Board of Immigration Appeals Regulation Changes
What the BIA rule changes, and why it matters for Afghans in the system.
Read the explainer →DHS Changes to Refugee Protections on Arrival
The proposed changes to the protections refugees receive when they arrive.
Read the explainer →ICE / USCIS Rescission of the Chamorro Memo
What the rescission changes for the Afghans it affects.
Read the explainer →EAD Rule Changes for Asylum Seekers
Proposed changes to the Employment Authorization Document process for asylum seekers.
Read the explainer →EAD Rule Changes (June 2026)
The June 2026 proposed changes to Employment Authorization Documents.
Read the explainer →Work Authorization
Which immigration statuses come with the right to work, which require a separate application, and the misconceptions that get Afghans wrongly denied a job.
Read the explainer →Heritage Foundation Report Rebuttal
Our point-by-point response to the Heritage Foundation's report.
Read the explainer →Fact Sheet: FY 2027 White House Budget Proposal
What the FY2027 budget proposal would mean for the programs Afghan allies rely on.
Read the explainer →Asylum Fee Rule Explainer
What the asylum fee rule changes, and who it affects.
Read the explainer →Pathways
Program status
Where the key pathways stand right now.
Fact sheets
Setting the record straight
The facts on specific incidents, against the disinformation.
Regional
Where people are waiting
The situation on the ground in the places Afghans are stuck.
Legislative analysis
We read the bills
What the legislation actually does for Afghan allies.
How the Afghan Adjustment Act and Enduring Welcome Act Work Together
How these two bills were designed to complement each other.
Open the document → Opens Google DriveEnduring Welcome Act
Our priority bill to make the relocation enterprise permanent.
Read the explainer →2027 National Defense Authorization Act
Our analysis of the Afghan provisions in the FY2027 defense bill.
Read the explainer →House Freedom Caucus 2026 Agenda
What the House Freedom Caucus 2026 agenda proposes.
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