WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after it was reported (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/europe/afghan-refugees-congo-us.html) that the Trump-Vance Administration may send as many as 1,100 Afghans, including those who served with the U.S. military and more than 400 children, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC):
"Our Afghan allies provided critical support to U.S. forces for over 20 years, but the Trump-Vance Administration has turned its back on them and their families, shutting down key resettlement programs. The idea that we're now in ta...