"Special thanks to @CBP, who led the fly-away teams to Albania to vet them & who organized an amazing process when they arrived. I also want to again thank @USAmbAlbania & @AlbanianDiplo for their generosity & kindness in hosting this group over the last 7 months. 4/6"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Elissa Slotkin:
"This group was the first of the 6k Afghans scattered in several countries who are coming to settle here. It was overwhelming to see them snake through the lines to be processed. 2/6"Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"It was also hard not to think that they were going through the same lines that so many of our ancestors, including some of mine, came through at Ellis Island waiting patiently to get through the doors & out to a new life. 3/6"Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"This morning, a small group from my office, @SpiritAmerica, Yalda Hakim & a veteran of the @MichiganStateU GRAIN program met the 114 Afghans we have been working to get to the U.S. since late August as they landed at Dulles airport. 1/6"Read on Twitter
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