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The State Department’s own watchdog found the evacuation and resettlement of Afghans after the fall of Kabul was a chaotic mess, not the careful, secure operation the American people were promised. An Office of Inspector General evaluation released in July 2024 showed systematic failures in accounting, screening, and vetting that left thousands of records incomplete or unreliable. This wasn’t a bureaucratic hiccup — it was a failure with real national security consequences, carried out on Uncle Sam’s watch.
Inspectors discovered massive gaps in basic identity data: placeholder birth dates, misspelled names, and missing identification numbers that made the whole vetting process look like guesswork. DHS auditors warned that Customs and Border Protection admitted or paroled some evacuees who were not fully vetted, and they documented at least two confirmed cases where individuals with derogatory information entered the country. When your safety checks are built on bad data and rushed decisions, Americans pay the price — and these reports make that peril plain.
Those failures are not abstract anymore; the consequences forced real policy reactions. On November 29, 2025, the State Department issued a directive effectively pausing visa processing for Afghan passport holders after a deadly incident raised fresh alarms about who got in under Operation Allies Welcome. The pause is a blunt corrective, but it’s also an admission that prior assurances of thorough vetting were hollow.
Americans watched in horror as reports tied a recent alleged shooting to an evacuee who had come through the U.S. resettlement effort, renewing questions about whether the evacuation prioritized speed over security. News accounts identify the suspect as a former Afghan commando evacuated during the 2021 withdrawal and later resettled in the U.S., an outcome that has already prompted new immigration freezes and investigations. This is exactly why the “trust us” approach from the political class is now being exposed for what it was — a dangerous gamble with American lives.
Enough with blame-shifting and bureaucratic excuses about “unprecedented” circumstances; the inspector generals recommended concrete fixes that should have been implemented immediately — better data systems, standardized vetting policies, and contingency plans for undocumented evacuees. If our government cannot secure its own processes, it cannot secure our communities, and those who failed must be held accountable. Americans deserve a system that protects citizens first, not an open-door experiment that treats national security as optional.
Patriots know that compassion and security are not mutually exclusive, but compassion that ignores prudence is betrayal. We can welcome genuine allies and refugees while insisting on ironclad vetting, full transparency, and strict enforcement of immigration laws. It’s time for leaders who will stop pretending mistakes were unavoidable and start restoring competency — because protecting American families isn’t negotiable.
