Homeland Security May Have Allowed Dangerous, Unvetted Afghans Into US: Inspector General

Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force via Reuters

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to fully vet some of the nearly 80,000 Afghan citizens who were brought to the United States as part of the evacuation of Afghanistan that began in August 2021, potentially allowing individuals who pose a national security risk into the country, according to a government report.

The DHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit to determine the extent to which the department “screened, vetted, and inspected” the evacuees.