According to this article on Daily Caller, by KAYLEE GREENLEE "More than 500 U.S. officials…
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Chicago Immigration Groups Scramble to Resettle Afghan Refugees
According to this article on WTTW, by Paris Schutz
“United States defense officials have made it official: the 20-year war in Afghanistan is over. On Monday, the last military evacuation flights left Kabul.
The White House says more than 116,000 people have so far been evacuated since the drawdown of American troops. But not everyone has been able to escape.
Hundreds of Afghan refugees could settle in the Chicago area, and local immigrant groups are working around the clock to try and make that happen.”