{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2023/4/stanton-to-mayorkas-find-quick-resolution-to-afghan-female-soldiers-asylum-cases", "Stanton to Mayorkas: Find Quick Resolution to Afghan Female Soldiers\u2019 Asylum Cases", "2023-04-27", "2023", "2023-04", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Rep. Greg Stanton urged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to personally ensure members of the Afghan National Army\u2019s Female Tactical Platoon have their asylum cases promptly adjudicated through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Their temporary humanitarian parole expires in August 2023.\n\nOnly three of nearly 50 FTPs have thus far been granted asylum. Stanton raised concerns that these soldiers are receiving disparate treatment because of their gender.\n\n\u201cI am concerned that this group of courageous women is receiving disparate treatment from your Department,\u201d Stanton wrote to the Secretary. \u201cAfter all, many male Afghan soldiers, including pilots, have received their asylum within the 180-day time period. The FTPs also worked alongside U.S. soldiers, were fully vetted throughout their service, and completed their asylum claims in a timely fashion. The only significant distinction is their gender\u2014the very thing that makes their asylum claims all the more vital.\u201d\n\nThe Female Tactical Platoon are Afghan soldiers who were recruited, rigorously vetted, and trained by elite U.S special forces to work where male soldiers could not in a Muslim-majority country. A handful of the nearly 50 FTPs have resettled in Arizona. After Kabul fell to the Taliban, the FTPs were evacuated to the United States by our nation\u2019s military, and admitted under a two-year humanitarian parole that is set to expire in August 2023.\n\nFull text of the letter is available HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:44:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stanton.house.gov/2023/4/stanton-to-mayorkas-find-quick-resolution-to-afghan-female-soldiers-asylum-cases"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.35890899784863, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}