International Rescue Committee

In the United States, there are only 10 organizations that officially work with the federal government’s office of refugee of resettlement. One of them is the International Rescue Committee – which has offices in only 29 U.S. cities. The smallest city with an IRC is Missoula, Montana. It all started because of a connection to the American war in Vietnam, which wound down 50 years ago.

Montana’s Republican congressional delegation and governor are calling on the Biden Administration to stop resettling Afghans in the state, after an Afghan man was charged with rape in Missoula.

According to an international group helping refugees resettle in Montana, the month-old parole process grants qualified Afghans a two-year stay in the United States.

Gov. Greg Gianforte issued a news release Thursday saying the Department of State announced the International Rescue Committee would work to resettle the refugees in the western part of the state.

As the last United States’ military planes departed Afghanistan Monday, a group of Montana veterans met with Sen. Steve Daines to discuss the end of the nation’s longest war. They all encouraged Montanans to welcome Afghan ally refugees who now, or will soon, call Montana home.

At least three families fleeing from Afghanistan as the U.S. pulls troops out of the country are expected to land in western Montana.

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