Six US Congress Members Call for Halt to Deportation of Afghan Migrants
Six members of the US Congress have jointly written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Mark V. Morgan, urging a halt to the deportation flights of Afghan migrants. They warned that returning Afghan citizens to areas under Taliban control could expose them to harassment, torture, and even death.
The Congress members, referring to reports of over 150 Afghans scheduled for deportation in the coming days, emphasized that many of these individuals could be relatives of those who collaborated with US military forces and that sending them back would violate America’s moral obligations.
The letter’s signatories—including Scott H. Peters, Jamie Raskin, Juan Vargas, Jack Reed, Mark Kelly, and Adam B. Schiff—highlighted the dangers faced by US government associates and called for the deportations to be stopped due to the dire security situation, especially for women.
Furthermore, the Congress members urged the Pakistani government not to cooperate in transferring Afghan migrants to Taliban administration and warned that officials involved could face US human rights sanctions.
Earlier, several US senators described the deportation of Afghan migrants to Pakistan as cruel and a betrayal of the country’s allies, calling on Congress to resist President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision.
According to The New York Times, the US government has detained over 150 Afghan refugees in Louisiana and plans to deport them with Pakistan’s cooperation within the next few days.
