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Over 50,000 Afghan evacuees expected to resettle in U.S., says DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

BY NICOLE SGANGA, BO ERICKSON, ELEANOR WATSON, ED O’KEEFE

Refugee and immigration advocates have been pushing the White House to provide mental health counseling and culturally sensitive services to Afghan evacuees. Mayorkas said Friday he’s met with dozens of non-profit and community organizations, and vowed to provide “cultural competency, access to counsel, trauma counseling and pastoral care” to at-risk Afghans arriving in the U.S.

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