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Aid groups scramble to prepare homes for Afghan evacuees

by Kimberly Adams

Aug 20, 2021

The Biden administration has expanded the Special Immigrant Visa program to allow more Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the war to resettle here.

Laura Thompson Osuri, executive director of Homes Not Borders, tosses a pillow to volunteer Amal Abuldood as they prepare an apartment for an Afghan family soon to arrive on Special Immigrant Visas.

Kimberly Adams

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