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On the recordJuly 26, 2021
On July 29, 2021, the first relocation flight arrived in the United States with 221 Afghan special immigrant applicants.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez provides details on the first flight of Afghan SIV applicants to the U.S.

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