Senate Votes to Allow More Immigration from the Middle East

The Senate voted for more Middle East immigration just before it went into recess.

According to Conservative Review’s Daniel Horowitz, the Senate voted to pass Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) motion “to authorize a potentially unlimited amount Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) for Afghanis” in the National Defense Authorization Act. Horowitiz defines SIVs as visas given “to those foreign nationals who serve as interpreters or contractors for the U.S. military abroad” and has been expanded to include “other support members.” Those who receive SIVs are allowed to bring in as many immediate family members as they want and can receive benefits from entitlement programs.