Afghan Adjustment (AA)

In mid-July 2023, a bipartisan group of legislators in both the House and Senate of the 118th Congress reintroduced the Afghan Adjustment (AA), which would provide a pathway to permanent legal status for Afghans resettled in the United States, expand eligibility for the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, and create an inter-agency task force to better facilitate the relocation of at-risk Afghans abroad. 

The Evacuate Our Allies Coalition thanks the following Members of Congress for leading the effort to reintroduce the Afghan Adjustment (AA) in both the House and the Senate: Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6), Jason Crow (D-CO-6), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12), Maria E. Salazar (R-FL-27), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), David Schweikert (R-AZ-1), Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4), Michael Lawler (R-NY-17), Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50), Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23), Seth Moulton (D-MA-6), John R. Curtis (R-UT-3), Abigail D. Spanberger (D-VA-7), Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11), Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1), Ami Bera (D-CA-6), Resident Commisioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7), Nancy Mace (R-SC-1), and Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14); and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Richard Durbin (D-IL).

The Afghan Adjustment was previously introduced in early August 2022 by a bipartisan group of legislators in both the House and Senate of the 117th Congress. 

What is the Afghan Adjustment (AA)?

The Afghan Adjustment would: 

• Provide a pathway to permanent legal status for Afghan parolees and Afghans who were lawfully present in the United States prior to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

• Establish an Interagency Task Force responsible for creating and implementing a strategy to continue the relocation and resettlement of eligible Afghan partners from Afghanistan over the next ten years, and providing much-needed intra-governmental coordination.  

• Require the U.S. Department of State to respond to congressional inquiries related to SIV applications or U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) referrals.

• Expand SIV eligibility for Afghans who worked and served alongside U.S. forces, including members of the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command, the Afghan Air Force, the Female Tactical Teams of Afghanistan, and the Special Mission Wing of Afghanistan, as well as certain Afghan family members of U.S. service people and veterans.

Take Action Now!

Do your Senators and Representatives support the Afghan Adjustment?

Check the Congress.gov pages for the House version H.R. 4627 and Senate version S. 2327 to see if your Members of Congress are cosponsors of the Afghan Adjustment. 

From December 04-07, 2023, the EOA coalition will host another Advocacy Days to meet with legislative offices and advocate for the AA since the Senate passed a Motion to Instruct to move the Afghan Adjustment forward for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Previously, from June 12-16, 2023, the EOA coalition mobilized over 400 advocates to participate in Virtual Congressional Advocacy Days for the AA, resulting in hundreds of meetings with Senators and other key leaders in Congress. 

Then again, from September 6-8, 2022, the EOA coalition mobilized hundreds of advocates to participate in Virtual Congressional Advocacy Days for the AA, resulting in critical meetings with Senators and other key leaders in Congress. 

View a list of all Organizational Endorsements of the AA here.