WTF (Was That Fact?): Are Afghans Really Being Treated Differently Than Ukrainians?

We’ve talked on some episodes lately about how our immigration system often treats families and individuals seeking safety in our country differently based on where they are from. We spoke on our last episode, Left Behind, about how Afghans and Ukrainians seeking emergency entry into the U.S. have seen very different results. Since the publication of that episode, we have obtained even more information about the data behind those assertions. We now know that of all the requests filed by Ukrainians under a special U.S. program, about 70% of the applications have been approved. Compare that to requests by Afghans to urgently enter the U.S., where only .19% of applicants filed have been approved.

To help us parse through this, we're joined in this episode by Laila Ayub, an attorney with Project ANAR. Laila and her colleagues at Project ANAR en ...