A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.

Recurrent vetting for Afghan evacuees

This bill would require CBP to find all Afghan evacuees paroled into the U.S. from July 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022 who still live here. CBP would have 30 days after enactment to identify them. For each person, CBP would run full identity checks and consult law enforcement and international terrorist screening databases. CBP would prioritize people who lacked identity documents on arrival. The bill would set up ongoing periodic vetting for the length of each person’s parole, including in-person interviews if needed. DHS would give proof of those checks to the Director of National Intelligence, Defense, State, DHS, the Attorney General, and relevant state and local law enforcement. The Secretary of Homeland Security and the DHS Inspector General would report to the House and Senate Homeland Security committees within 180 days with vetting results and a list of evacuees found ineligible and the reasons.