THE ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES TO
WISCONSIN FROM AFGHANISTAN.
THIS AFTERNOON MORE REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS GATHERED TO OBSERVE
ACTIVITY AT FORT MCCOY NEAR
TOMAH.
IT'S ONE OF THE MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS IN THE U.S.
APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY
HOUSEING FOR THE AFGHAN N
EWCOMERS.
THE DEPARTMENT SAYS FAMILIES
ARRIVING ARE BEING KEPT T
OGETHER.
ACCORDING TO U.S. SENATOR RON
JOHNSON, THERE ARE CURRENTLY
MORE THAN 1,000 REFUGEES INSIDE
FORT MCCOY.
IN A VISIT TO THE BASE ON
WEDNESDAY, JOHNSON QUESTIONED
THE LEVEL OF VETTING, SAYING A
LACK OF VETTING POSES A SECURITY
RISK TO THE COUNTRY.
>> HOW MANY SPECIAL IMMIGRANT
VEES DISA HOLDERS DO YOU THINK
THE TALIBAN ARE LETTING INTO
KABAL AIRPORT RIGHT NOW?
HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE THE
FOLKS THAT ARE AFGHANISTAN
VETERANS, HOW MANY OF THOSE
PEOPLE DO YOU THINK THE TALIBAN
ARE ALLOWING THROUGH THE GATES
OF KABAL AIRPORT?
>> REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR RON
JOHNSON AT FORT MCCOY ON
WEDNESDAY.
DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATOR TAMMY
BALDWIN SAYS THE U.S. NEEDS TO
WELCOME PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM
AFGHANISTAN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE
HELPED THE U.S. CAUSE.
>> I FEEL LIKE A WE HAVE A MORAL
OBLIGATION NOT ONLY TO RETURN
U.S. SENATE AL -- NATIONAL ALES,
PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK BECAUSE
OF THEIR ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, N
GOs, BUT ALSO THE AFGHANS WHO
HAVE STOOD BY, TRANSLATED, DONE