DETAILS TO BE HASHED OUT IN
SEPTEMBER.
FORT MCCOY WILL RECEIVE REFUGEES
FROM AFGHANISTAN.
THIS WILL MARK MORE THAN 40
YEARS SINCE IT HOUSED CUBAN
REFUGEES.
TONY EVERS REACTED TO THE NEWS.
>> I GUESS I AM SYMPATHETIC TO
THE IDEA THAT IF YOU FOUGHT WITH
US, YOU SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THE SIV PROGRAM.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD
RELAX THE VETTING STANDARDS FOR
THAT PROGRAM.
SO AS WE MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PROGRAM, WE
ALSO NEED TO BE WORKING WITH
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION WHO CAN
TAKE THE BROADER POPULATION OF
REFUGEES THAT WE'RE NOT EQUIPPED
TO HANDLE RIGHT NOW.
>> WE HAVE OPEN ARMS HERE IN
WISCONSIN.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ALL OF
THEM THAT COME HERE ARE GOING TO
END UP IN WISCONSIN.
BUT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF
ORGANIZATIONS, LUTHERAN SOCIAL
SERVICES, JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES
THAT WILL BE NATIONAL IN SCOPE
THAT WILL BE HELPING TO PLACE
THESE PEOPLE.
>> FORT MCCOY COULD RECEIVE
ANYWHERE FROM HUN D HUNDREDS TOW