{"id":2476,"date":"2021-09-30T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/congress-passes-merkley-provision-to-smooth-landing-for-afghan-evacuees-in-us-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:30","slug":"congress-passes-merkley-provision-to-smooth-landing-for-afghan-evacuees-in-us-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/congress-passes-merkley-provision-to-smooth-landing-for-afghan-evacuees-in-us-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"El Congreso aprueba la disposici\u00f3n de Merkley para facilitar el aterrizaje de los evacuados afganos en EE. 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Esa propuesta se incorpor\u00f3 a la Resoluci\u00f3n Continua de esta semana para mantener el gobierno financiado hasta diciembre, que tanto la C\u00e1mara como el Senado aprobaron hoy con apoyo bipartidista. Se espera que el presidente Biden promulgue la legislaci\u00f3n de manera inminente para evitar el cierre del gobierno.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDurante 20 a\u00f1os de presencia militar estadounidense, miles de afganos arriesgaron sus propias vidas para ayudar a Estados Unidos y construir un futuro mejor para su pa\u00eds\u201d.&nbsp;<b>dijo Merkley.<\/b> \u201cHonrar esos riesgos y sacrificios ayud\u00e1ndolos a reconstruir sus vidas en los EE. UU. no s\u00f3lo es lo moralmente correcto, sino que tambi\u00e9n beneficiar\u00e1 a las comunidades de toda nuestra naci\u00f3n si les ayudamos a hacerlo con \u00e9xito. Los refugiados contribuyen enormemente a las econom\u00edas de las comunidades a las que se reubican, y debemos hacer todo lo que est\u00e9 a nuestro alcance para ayudar a nuestros aliados afganos a tener un buen comienzo en sus nuevos hogares. Me complace que el Congreso haya actuado con rapidez para solucionar este problema y continuar\u00e9 abogando tanto por los refugiados afganos que est\u00e1n haciendo de Estados Unidos su hogar como por una s\u00f3lida ayuda humanitaria para quienes a\u00fan se encuentran en Afganist\u00e1n\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Debido a que la toma de Afganist\u00e1n por los talibanes hizo que las evacuaciones r\u00e1pidas fuera del pa\u00eds fueran cr\u00edticas para los afganos que hab\u00edan ayudado a Estados Unidos durante la guerra, muchos evacuados afganos han llegado recientemente a Estados Unidos con permiso humanitario u otro estatus acelerado. Debido a que a estos evacuados a\u00fan no se les ha otorgado formalmente el estatus de refugiados, no se les ha hecho elegibles para los servicios est\u00e1ndar para refugiados. La propuesta de Merkley, una vez promulgada, cambiar\u00e1 la redacci\u00f3n de las pol\u00edticas de refugiados de Estados Unidos de modo que los afganos rescatados que recibieron libertad condicional en Estados Unidos ser\u00edan elegibles para los mismos servicios y recursos b\u00e1sicos que normalmente est\u00e1n disponibles para los refugiados reci\u00e9n llegados a Estados Unidos. Esto incluye servicios de recepci\u00f3n y colocaci\u00f3n que equipar\u00edan a estos evacuados (muchos de los cuales huyeron r\u00e1pidamente y llegaron pr\u00e1cticamente sin nada) con el dinero y los recursos b\u00e1sicos para reasentarse ellos y sus familias en los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p>La oficina de Merkley trabaj\u00f3 extensamente con afganos elegibles para ayudarlos a evacuar cuando fuera posible, y ahora est\u00e1 ayudando con el proceso de reasentamiento de refugiados evacuados con v\u00ednculos con Oregon. La semana pasada, Merkley tambi\u00e9n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-applauds-treasury-move-to-increase-flow-of-humanitarian-aid-to-afghanistan-2021\/\">anunci\u00f3 que el Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos promulg\u00f3 una pol\u00edtica que hab\u00eda propuesto en agosto<\/a>, lo que ayudar\u00e1 a aumentar el flujo de ayuda humanitaria al pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced that both houses of Congress have passed a provision proposed by Merkley to help ease the transition to the U.S. for recently evacuated Afghan refugees who are relocating to America. 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