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`Welcome home’: Let’s give permanent status to Afghan evacuees

The proposed Afghan Adjustment Act recognizes that the more than 70,000 newly arrived Afghans are already a part of our American family, and deserve permanent status.

Saboor Ahmadzai plays with a balloon at a baby shower for the Afghan women and their children living in the Philadelphia Residence Inn by Mariott, hosted by the Nationalities Service Center, in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The event celebrated the women who recently had babies or were about to give birth. Many Afghan families are still living in the hotel while they await permanent housing.
Saboor Ahmadzai plays with a balloon at a baby shower for the Afghan women and their children living in the Philadelphia Residence Inn by Mariott, hosted by the Nationalities Service Center, in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The event celebrated the women who recently had babies or were about to give birth. Many Afghan families are still living in the hotel while they await permanent housing.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer
    by Joseph M. Azam, For The Inquirer
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