Horowitz: New gov’t watchdog report accuses DHS of settling Afghans with no vetting



It sure seems like Novak Djokovic is the only one in the world not welcome in this country. Everyone else is fair game.

There is no right for a foreign national to immigrate to the U.S. as there is for an American to remain here unmonitored by the government. As such, it’s government’s responsibility to vet foreign nationals who seek entry, not to vet the political opinions of American opponents of the current president. Yet our government and national security apparatus have it completely backward. They spend all their resources focusing on targeting conservatives as the number-one threat to homeland security, while waving in tens of thousands of people from the most dangerous and radical parts of the world without proper verification, according to a new government watchdog report.

Remember the 80,000 Afghans the Biden administration resettled last summer? According to a new report from the DHS inspector general, U.S. Customs and Border Protection lacked “critical data” needed to properly screen these people coming from a source country of radical Islamic extremism. What sort of critical data?

We determined some information used to vet evacuees through U.S. Government databases, such as name, date of birth, identification number, and travel document data, was inaccurate, incomplete, or missing. We also determined CBP admitted or paroled evacuees who were not fully vetted into the United States.

Oh! So as Biden’s DHS focuses solely on “extremism” of domestic political adversaries as the number-one homeland security threat, officials have no problem admitting thousands of people from a country steeped in honor killings, sharia supremacism, and subjugation of women, as well as actual kinetic terrorist activities.

Even more shocking was the fact that when the IG’s office asked CBP for a list of those admitted or paroled for whom they lacked proper data (or even screening), officials conceded that no such list exists. In other words, they disappeared into the population. “As a result, DHS may have admitted or paroled individuals into the United States who pose a risk to national security and the safety of local communities,” concluded the IG’s report, released on Tuesday.

As always, the report offered CBP the obvious recommendation to “immediately” identify all the Afghans in the U.S., provide proper proof of vetting, and then develop a contingency plan for vetting in future emergency evacuations.

Pretty non-controversial recommendations, right? I mean, we can offer excuses about the chaos and time constraints endemic in the Biden administration’s refugee plan, but a year later, this should be the DHS’ top priority, right? Wrong!

“The report does not reflect the interagency nature of the vetting process, despite significant efforts and multiple attempts by DHS program officials, subject matter experts, and others to provide the OIG a comprehensive understanding of the extensive details related to the numerous facts and nuances of the unprecedented OAW vetting process,” wrote DHS official Jim Crumpacker in response to the IG’s recommendations.

I guess that settles that. It’s just simply too complicated to protect Americans from external threats. Yet somehow, it’s safe to say they don’t have a problem with interagency nuances when “vetting” American political opponents.

The DHS also asserts that it did indeed screen all the refugees (yes, perhaps enough to ensure they are not Trump supporters!). The problem is they failed to produce any of the supporting documents to the IG. Moreover, in February, the DOD inspector general released a report identifying at least 50 Afghans who pose "potentially significant security concerns." The reported noted that dozens of them who had "derogatory information" that would make them ineligible for parole were unable to be located.

What sort of derogatory information? We’re not even talking about those who believe women are chattel and infidels should be subjugated. That is likely a massive percentage of them. We are talking about concerns that “include individuals whose latent fingerprints have been found on improvised explosive devices and known or suspected terrorists and for which the NGIC sends derogatory information notifications to appropriate DoD personnel." At the time of the report, only three of those individuals had been located.

Then again, perhaps our government is correct in asserting that these people had been vetted. It’s all a matter of what they find to be a threat and what they are looking for.

Ironically, nearly every prominent Republican supported this massive Afghan evacuation. These are the same neo-conservatives who believe we need to “fight them there so they don’t come here,” but the only way they can come here is if we bring them here. Then they feel guilty because we indeed are there fomenting more civil wars and creating unrest, and they feel responsible to bring all those people to our shores!

Importantly, this is only the opening act. The Biden administration’s modus operandi is to bring in huge numbers of people from any part of the world facing a war or disaster. Officials are planning to resettle 125,000 additional refugees from around the world in fiscal year 2023. Over 100,000 Ukrainians are expected to be admitted into the United States. Despite not being designated as official refugees, the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, passed by Congress in May, makes the parolees eligible for refugee resettlement programs. So when the DHS says officials have no plans to create a contingency plan for vetting, it will be relevant every year during the next “current thing” that turns into a geopolitical emergency.

Then, of course, there is our own border. So far this fiscal year, there have been over 2 million encounters, over 500,000 gotaways, and over 10,000 pounds of fentanyl discovered. The degree of security risk all of this collectively poses is unimaginable, yet our government will continue to focus solely on we the people.

Once again, we must ask: What is the purpose of having a Department of Homeland security at this point? Now, 21 years after 9/11, our government is exacerbating the very factor that led to the attacks while spying on Americans under the guise of counterterrorism.

St. Louis hopes to boost its population by importing Afghan refugees



The city of St. Louis, Missouri hopes to grow its population by luring Afghan refugees to settle in the city so that it can offset its 70 years of population loss.

The Associated Press reported that there is an “aggressive effort” within the city to attract large swaths of the more than 76,000 Afghans who fled their country after its capital city of Kabul was ceded to the Taliban.

Currently, the city is home to about 600 Afghan refugees and another 750 are expected to arrive later this year.

The Associated Press reported various city and community leaders are “hopeful that over the next few years, thousands more will decide to relocate” to St. Louis and “offset seven decades of population loss.”

Reportedly, city officials see courting Afghan refugees as crucial to beginning a process of urban rejuvenation similar to how the arrival of Bosnian refugees spurred along a similar process in the 1990s.

In the 1990s, St. Louis was the most popular destination for Bosnians who were displaced by the war in the former Balkan nation of Yugoslavia. Of the estimated 300,000 Bosnian refugees who sought entry into the U.S., roughly 40,000 now call the greater-St. Louis region their home.

The St. Louis Afghan Resettlement Initiative is backed by more than $1 million in donations and has more than 800 volunteers at its disposal. The initiative has support from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis, the International Institute of St. Louis, and other nonprofit groups throughout the city.

Reportedly, advocates for the refugee resettlement initiative haven’t encountered any opposition.

Jerry Schlichter, an attorney who is an organizer and major funder of the program, said that the initiative will help Afghan refugees find housing and jobs, connect newly arrived refugees with professional development resources such as classes on computer coding, and will provide them with grants for business startups.

Schlichter said, “There’s a mutual need. We have been stagnant. With this one-time opportunity with Afghan refugees ending up somewhere in this country, we should take advantage of it.”

Arrey Obenson, the president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis, said that he is confident the new refugees will revitalize the city’s neighborhoods.

“The reality of the circumstance we face is that if we look at St. Louis city and the rate the population is declining, we have to find a way to bring people into the community to turn that around,” Obenson said.

Thousands of Afghan refugees remain on American military bases awaiting resettlement in the US



Many months since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, there are still around 18,000 Afghan refugees living at military bases who have not been resettled in America, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson informed the Washington Examiner.

The outlet noted that while thousands of refugees remain on five bases, around 57,000 have already have been resettled throughout the U.S.

"Operation Allies Welcome has made incredible progress over the last four and a half months, and we are thankful for the support that veterans, faith groups, and people across the country have shown our Afghan allies as they join their new communities," the spokesperson noted, according to the outlet.

The Biden administration came under heavy criticism last year for botching the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was marked by chaos and carnage, including the deaths of severalU.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport.

Many Americans were deeply disturbed that the U.S. announced the completion of its pullout out even as American allies and citizens remained in the country that had been taken over by the Taliban.

CNN, citing an unidentified State Department official and two congressional sources, has reported that around 80 Americans in Afghanistan presently desire to depart, but that evacuation flights have been halted by the Taliban for around a month.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said during a Tuesday press briefing that the U.S. is "working currently with a few dozen" American citizens and their families who have indicated that they are ready to leave Afghanistan and who possess the travel documents needed to leave the country.

WATCH LIVE: State Dept. spokesperson Ned Price and Undersecretary Victoria Nuland hold news briefing youtu.be

Horowitz: Thousands of Afghans coming to a red-state community near you



Our communities are being flooded with the most unvetted “refugees” of all time from the most volatile part of the world. And there is no resistance whatsoever among Republicans in state governments. As thousands of Afghans are moved from military bases to our communities, we are about to pay for the worst form of social transformation without representation.

In October, Zabihullah Mohmand, a new arrival from Afghanistan, was charged with raping a woman in a Missoula, Montana, hotel. The Department of Homeland Security, in response to outcries from the Montana governor, insisted that the 19-year-old Afghan went through a “rigorous and multi-layered” vetting process. The problem is that they are right. Most of these people have gone through a vetting process — a process with no data! We rushed in over 100,000 Afghans within a matter of days. These people came from the darkest corners of the Afghan mountains. What sort of criminal history are you going to find, especially on a 19-year-old?

Moreover, they are making our point. How do you vet people for a violent ideology or anti-women values when those views are shared by the overwhelming majority of the people in Afghanistan? The stone-cold truth is that the views of the average Afghan — at least a large number of them — are indistinguishable from those of the Taliban.

In 2013, Pew Research Center published a poll surveying the sentiments of people in 39 Muslim countries, and the data on Afghanistan is quite disturbing. Here are some of the highlights:

  • 99% support making Sharia the official law of the land, more than in any other country surveyed. 61% say that Sharia should be imposed upon non-Muslim citizens.
  • 79% support the death penalty for those who leave Islam.
  • 82% say religious leaders should have some or a lot of influence over politics, more than in any other Muslim country surveyed.
  • 39% believe suicide bombings can be justified, more than anyone else except for the Palestinians.
  • Only 30% believe women should be allowed to decide whether to wear a veil, less than in all but one country surveyed. 94% believe wives must always obey their husbands, more than anywhere else except Malaysia.
  • 96% believe converting non-Muslims is a religious duty, more than in any other country.

At the time of the alleged rape in Montana, Rep. Matt Rosendale pointed out that during the initial court hearing, Mohmand’s attorney claimed that “cultural and language barriers” may have led to the rape. Well, no kidding! A group of Afghan evacuees allegedly assaulted a female service member at Fort Bliss while they were staying on the base. Do we really need to rehash the lessons of Europe and irresponsible refugee policies over the past generation to realize we are following in those self-immolating footsteps?

What is particularly jarring is that the Biden State Department, HHS, and private taxpayer-funded resettlement contractors appear to be targeting red states like Montana, Nebraska, Indiana, and Oklahoma for this social transformation. The Grand Island Independent reports that 469 Afghans have already been resettled in Nebraska and another 635 are on the way. “Because of the rush of evacuations, a lot of the Afghans of working age are coming without the employment documents that most refugees have when they arrive,” reports the central Nebraska media outlet. “So they will need financial help for longer than the usually expected three months until they can start working.”

So, who is paying for this? The feds have set a deadline for Feb. 12, 2022, to get all of the Afghans off the military bases, which means the pace of resettlement in our communities will accelerate in the coming days.

One would think every GOP governor and legislator would immediately raise Cain over this and pledge to block any resettlement within the states. How is this in any way in the interests of their constituents from public safety, financial, and cultural standpoints? Instead, nearly every GOP governor has partnered with Biden to screw their constituents. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is practically begging the feds to seed as many Afghans as possible in Indiana, while he controls his own people with COVID fascism and refuses to take action against domestic crime. There were thousands of refugees at Camp Atterbury in southern Indiana who are now being released into communities at a rate of hundreds per week. One thing is clear: Biden and Holcomb won’t force injection mandates on their prized Afghans.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who never saw a domestic criminal he didn’t want to release from jail, announced in Sept. he was “excited” that Oklahoma would be getting the third largest number of Afghans of any state.

As a close second to the priority of fighting federal COVID mandates, any Republican running for state office needs to pledge to block federal social transformation of our communities. Republicans just supplied the requisite votes to pass the current budget continuing resolution, which contains an extra $7 billion in taxpayer funding for Afghans. This will induce transformation of our communities at the behest of international officials, unelected State Department and HHS bureaucrats, and parasitic contractors who have everything to gain and nothing to lose by endangering the communities and saddling them with a fiscal burden.

We fought a war over no taxation without representation. Shouldn’t states at least hold their ground on a banner of “no social transformation without representation”?

Former US soldier sneaks into Afghanistan on heroic rescue mission, saves family and Christians from the Taliban



A former U.S. soldier embarked on a dangerous rescue mission to save his family members and Christians from the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a Fox News report. The "proud American soldier" claims he was forced to sneak into the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to rescue his relatives because the U.S. government didn't offer him or his family any assistance.

A former U.S. Army staff sergeant knew that his family in Kabul were in serious jeopardy when the Taliban marched into power over the summer. After the last U.S. military was withdrawn from the country on the afternoon of Aug. 30, there was nobody to provide protection to his family in Kabul – especially since his family was connected to a U.S. soldier.

The former soldier – an Afghan native who remained anonymous to protect his family in Afghanistan – allegedly attempted to get assistance from the Biden administration.

"I pleaded for help from the U.S. government," the former soldier told Fox News. "I did not receive any."

"I had no choice but to come here myself after I learned that there was an ambush on my family's house once more," he claims. "I still haven't heard anything from our government as far as any sort of assistance."

"The staff sergeant came to the U.S. from Afghanistan as a teenage refugee just days before 9/11," the outlet reported. "He joined the Army a few years later after meeting a recruiter and was sent back to Afghanistan to fight in the war."

The veteran said that the Taliban fired shots at his family's house and destroyed half of the home by firebombing it after discovering that he was enlisted in the U.S. Army.

The Afghanistan war veteran – who was discharged after suffering traumatic brain injuries – was concerned for his family's safety since they were related to a U.S. veteran, plus the family also engaged in activities against the Taliban.

The unnamed former soldier traveled to Pakistan about a month ago and illegally snuck across the border into Afghanistan on a precarious rescue mission.

The former U.S. soldier alleges that he was able to rescue his family and get them out of the country, but did not reveal which country they escaped to. He also purportedly helped save 30 at-risk people – including a family of 10 Afghan Christians who were "in danger because of their religion."

"Everyone in their neighborhood knew about it, and they started snitching on them," the former staff sergeant said. "It feels good getting them out, saving them from the Taliban."

However, during the rescue mission, he was assaulted by members of the Taliban.

"On my way back from this area, I got caught by the Taliban, and they lashed me on my back," the man said. "I think it was only seven times, but had they known that I had actually just helped a Catholic family get out, it would have been worse. Far worse."

"They say on the news there is no U.S. soldier in Afghanistan," he declared. "But I'm here, and I'll help as long as it takes."

"I'm a proud American soldier," he said. "I've taken an oath, and I'll never forget that oath."

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WATCH: Afghan girl's POWERFUL message to US troops brings Glenn Beck to tears



Thanks to the horrific way the United States left Afghanistan, thousands of U.S. troops feel their sacrifice was a waste. But would those men and women be suffering so much now if they heard this message a little more often? Glenn Beck sits down with two Afghan sisters — Asma, who bravely took on the Taliban face to face, and Azada, who helped her sister escape to America. And they have a message that every man and woman in uniform (and their families) need to hear: "It was not a waste. Those 20 years brought us freedom, democracy, opportunities, educations. ... I am grateful for all of those who served in my country. Because of you, we are here."

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Montana rape suspect is an Afghan refugee resettled by Biden administration: Report



Authorities arrested Zabihullah Mohamand, 19, on charges of felony sexual intercourse without consent after he reportedly sexually assaulted a Montana woman.

Mohamand is an Afghan refugee reportedly resettled in Montana under President Joe Biden's own State Department, Montana Talks reported.

What are the details?

In court documents, the 18-year-old victim — identified as Jane Doe — said that she met Mohamand and two other men at a bar over the weekend.

After talking with the group, the woman then agreed to go to a nearby house party together with them, the documents added. When the group found out that there was no house party, she agreed to go back to Mohamand's hotel — but reportedly told him that she would not have sex with him.

According to a report from the Missoulian, Doe said that when she got to Mohamand's hotel, he would not let her leave.

"[I] just couldn't get him off me," she said, according to charging documents, and accused Mohamand of forcing her down on the bed by placing his hand around her neck to the point where it ended up leaving behind "significant bruising."

The report added that staff at the Residence Inn Marriott in Missoula saw a "visibly upset" woman walk through the lobby around 4:15 a.m. local time. Staff reportedly asked the woman if she needed assistance, but she continued walking.

"Staff watched as a man, identified as Mohamand, followed her outside," the report continued. "A short while later at 4:30 a.m., the woman, who is 18, called 911 and reported that she had just been raped. She told dispatch it had happened at the hotel and she had met the man at the Badlands bar."

Mohamand — who told officers he was visiting Missoula on a "worldwide trip" and that the sex was consensual — was jailed on a $50,000 bond.

His attorney, Ted Fellman, said that Mohamand is an immigrant staying in Missoula and added that "cultural and language barriers" may have played a role in the purported assault.

Mohamand is set to be arraigned on Nov. 1.

What else?

In a statement on the arrest, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) condemned the Biden administration for what he said was a rash decision without proper vetting.

"While I welcome our fully-vetted Afghan allies to Montana, this situation and others across the country raise serious concerns about whether the Biden administration is meeting its obligations to fully vet Afghans prior to resettlement," Gianforte said. "I'm calling on President Biden to immediately halt resettlements to Montana until federal agencies provide me with adequate assurance that Afghans coming to Montana are fully-vetted in accordance with federal law."

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mt.) also spoke out on the assault and said, "The fallout and consequences from President Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan continue. While I support assisting our fully-vetted Afghan allies who served alongside our armed forces, President Biden has failed to provide answers as to who has come into the country or if they have been fully vetted according to what's required by law. I've spoken to Governor Gianforte about this situation, and I stand with him in calling on President Biden to stop all Afghan resettlements to Montana until we get answers."

Daines sent a letter to the Biden administration in early October demanding clarification on the administration's vetting process for Afghan refugees.

"We further ask that you pause resettlement of Afghans already paroled into the United States until the Department of Defense Inspector General verifies that DOD is appropriately managing and tracking evacuees through the biometrics enrollment, screening, and vetting process," the letter stated.

‘Both miraculous and horrendous’: Glenn Beck gives emotional update on Afghanistan rescue



The conditions in Afghanistan under the Taliban rule — for Americans, allies, Christians, women and more — continue to deteriorate, and the people there continue to plead that we will not forget them. On the radio program Monday, Glenn Beck gave an emotional update on current evacuation efforts, including the tragic story of one girl — an American passport holder — who was not rescued in time.

"I have a pit in my stomach like I haven't had in a while. What is happening in Afghanistan is both miraculous and horrendous," Glenn began. "What's going on right now one of the most amazing things I've ever personally witnessed — the evacuation of Americans, those [Afghans] who helped us, Christians that are dying, women that are under incredible conditions. I see things that I can't show you. I see the pleadings from people who are in safe houses, 'Please, don't forget us.' I see what they're being sent by the Taliban.

"If I die today, my entire life will have been worth it for what you have helped get done, in just the last three weeks. You have saved well over 5,000 people," he continued.

Fighting back tears, Glenn added, "I ask that you pray for those in the Middle East, that are in the midst of doing work, that a Moses-style miracle will happen. ... There are several people that are in dire need of medical care. Friday, we told you — along with the congressman from Oklahoma [Rep. Markwayne Mullin] who had just returned — [about] a father and two daughters that were blue passport Americans, and a mother who had a permanent residence, a Green Card. The daughter was very ill. And they thought, that if we couldn't get her out of there, that she would lose her legs. I got a call on Saturday morning, that we were too late, that she didn't lose her legs. She lost her life, waiting. There are now two Americans, instead of three."

Glenn showered his audience with gratitude, repeating that "well over 5000" lives have already been saved because of their incredible generosity, but lamented that there are still thousands more people yet to be saved.

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Recon Marine details amazing rescue operation that saved 12,000 from Afghanistan — including 3,000 orphans



How do you smuggle 3,000 orphans out of Kabul? Former Recon Marine Chad Robichaux joined BlazeTV host Mark Levin to discuss how he personally took on the responsibility of helping identify and rescue some of the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan. From military contractors and at-risk women to Christians under the threat of persecution and targeted orphans, Chad and the "Save Our Allies" coalition orchestrated the escape of 12,000 people from the clutches of the Taliban.

Watch the video clip below to hear Robichaux explain how, with the help of Abu Dhabi, he was able to launch an operation center with teams across the world to clean up President Joe Biden's greatest military blunder in our history.


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Rep. Mark Green says a source at Fort Pickett claims Afghan evacuees have been able to depart without completing the vetting process



In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, GOP Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee said that a source at Fort Pickett has said that Afghan evacuees at the facility have been able to depart without completing the vetting process.

"I am writing to express deep concerns about the Afghan evacuees who are being held at Fort Pickett while awaiting the vetting process. I have recently been made aware by someone at Fort Pickett that the evacuees basically have free rein of the complex and have even been allowed to leave despite not having completed the vetting process," Green wrote in a letter shown onscreen during Wednesday night's episode of "The Ingraham Angle" on the Fox News Channel.

"My source has made shocking allegations, including multiple incidents of sexual assault, and several evacuees have been picked up by Uber drivers without any permission from authorities—or being cleared to leave. The soldiers tasked with guarding these evacuees are unarmed and have no authority to arrest or stop any of them from simply leaving," the lawmaker wrote.

Green, a military veteran who has served in Congress since 2019, noted that if the allegations are accurate, they represent a national security risk that must be tackled immediately.

"If any of these allegations are true, they pose a serious risk to our national security and must be addressed immediately. I ask for your immediate attention to this situation and for an explanation of these allegations as soon as possible," he wrote in the letter.

America recently evacuated many Afghans from Afghanistan, and has brought many of them into the the U.S.

The Biden administration has faced criticism for bungling efforts to withdraw the U.S. from Afghanistan, where the Taliban took control of Kabul and the U.S. scrambled to evacuate citizens and others before eventually announcing the completion of its withdrawal. But some American citizens and Afghan allies still remained stranded in Afghanistan even after the U.S. finally pulled out.