Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State should deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security should deny admission or parole into the United States for, former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
This resolution states that the former president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani should be denied entry into the United States and that any visa already issued to him should be revoked.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 621 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 621

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
of State should deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
  should deny admission or parole into the United States for, former 
     President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2021

Mr. Fortenberry submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
of State should deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
  should deny admission or parole into the United States for, former 
     President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, and for other purposes.

Whereas former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani's refusal to vacate his 
        office constitutes a dereliction of duty, leaving Afghanistan without 
        adequate leadership to resist the resurgence of the Taliban, leading to 
        the deaths of an unknown number of Afghan citizens and thirteen United 
        States service members;
Whereas the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Tajikistan 
        Mohammad Zahir Aghbar requested the International Criminal Police 
        Organization apprehend former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani for 
        embezzlement from the treasury of Afghanistan valued at approximately 
        $169,000,000;
Whereas the United States has provided $145,000,000,000 to the Government of 
        Afghanistan's reconstruction efforts since 2001, including 
        $17,280,000,000 in on-budget assistance to the Government of 
        Afghanistan; and
Whereas potentially enriching himself at the expense of the security of American 
        personnel is a violation of the trust the United States placed in former 
        President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and his administration: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) notwithstanding section 221 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201), the Secretary of State should 
        deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security should 
        deny admission or parole into the United States for, former 
        President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani;
            (2) pursuant to section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), the issuing consular 
        officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security (or a designee of any such officer or Secretary) 
        should revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to 
        former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, regardless of 
        when the visa or other documentation was issued; and
            (3) a revocation described in paragraph (2) should take 
        effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other 
        valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien's 
        possession.
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