Murphy asks Biden to send Afghan refugees to N.J.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, arrives at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan on August 17, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Capt. William Urban)

Thousands of Americans remained stuck in Kabul as of Sunday without access to the airport under U.S. control.

Meanwhile, back in Trenton, Governor Phil Murphy wrote to President Joe Biden on Sunday urging his fellow Democrat to accelerate the issuance of Special Immigrant Visas and declaring that Afghan refugees are welcome in the Garden State….

New Jersey is home to a healthy-sized population of Syrian immigrants (notably in Paterson) who escaped Syria during the Obama Administration.

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