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Derrick Van Orden: “Zero [Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy] qualify for SIV.”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Van Orden Raises Questions on Illegal Aliens in Federal Prisons in Judiciary Committee Field Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:49

I mean, they worked with the United States government during the war. Guess how many of those people Zero [Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy] qualify for SIV. Probably not many. Zero. The answer. Zero. Senator, I was right. That is less than not many. And the last thing is, we're looking at about what, 250,000 missing children. (03:49–03:52)

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Asserts that none of the Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy qualified for a Special Immigrant Visa.

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