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Karoline Leavitt: “The special immigrant visas which we know many Afghans…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Dec. 1, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 33:10

I've spoken with her and her team and they have an all hands on deck effort to having resources go towards this. But we have paused all asylum adjudications. And then of course, The special immigrant visas which we know many Afghans utilize to come into the country under the Biden administration have also now been paused. And I would just point out one more time that the Biden administration was responsible for the original sin that led to this tragic killing last week, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. (33:10–33:18)

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Asserts that special immigrant visas used by Afghans under the Biden administration have been paused.

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