House Freedom Caucus chair demands answers on Afghan vetting

While President Biden faces criticism over who was left in Afghanistan, there are growing questions about who was evacuated — and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs is demanding answers.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Mr. Biggs, Arizona Republican, pointed to reports of suspicious people who were airlifted on U.S. evacuation flights, including 20,000 who have reached American soil and more than 40,000 others waiting at U.S. bases overseas.

Mr. Biggs said it’s time the government divulge whether it collected fingerprints from every person brought to the U.S. under Mr. Mayorkas’s parole powers. He also asked for a full explanation of how the government vetted people as they were rushing to board airplanes to flee Afghanistan.