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NJ AR204

NJ AR204
Urges Congress to pass "Afghan Adjustment Act."

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Introduced
11/17/2025
In Committee
11/17/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/12/2026

Introduced Session

2024-2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This Assembly resolution respectfully urges Congress to pass the "Afghan Adjustment Act." More than one million United States service members, frontline civilians, intelligence community staff, and aid workers served the interests of the United States on the ground in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. On August 31, 2021, United States forces withdrew from Afghanistan leaving behind thousands of allies who believed in the ideals of America, and endangered their own lives to stand with the United States. Following the United States' military withdrawal from Afghanistan, tens of thousands of United States-affiliated Afghans were evacuated to the United States via humanitarian parole, a temporary allowance to enter and remain in the United States for one to two years. Despite receiving this life-saving evacuation, Afghans with this status find themselves under a cloud of legal uncertainty. The "Afghan Adjustment Act" is bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate that ensures Afghans brought to safety by the United States military have the ability to apply for lasting protection to stay in the United States long-term. Congress has passed similar legislation in the past that granted Cubans, people from Southeast Asia, and Iraqis who had entered the United States as non-immigrants under similar circumstances the opportunity to adjust to permanent status. This House respectfully urges the United States Congress to pass the bipartisan "Afghan Adjustment Act," and provide a pathway to permanent legal status for the evacuees from Afghanistan.

AI Summary

This resolution urges the United States Congress to pass the "Afghan Adjustment Act," a bipartisan piece of legislation that would provide a pathway to permanent legal status for Afghan evacuees who were brought to the United States after the military withdrawal in August 2021. Between 2001 and 2021, over one million U.S. service members, civilians, intelligence staff, and aid workers served in Afghanistan, and when U.S. forces withdrew, approximately 76,000 Afghans were evacuated under humanitarian parole—a temporary status that allows them to stay in the country for one to two years but does not provide a clear route to citizenship. Many of these evacuees were individuals who supported U.S. missions, risked their lives as allies, or worked to defend civil rights, and they now face uncertainty about their future in the United States. The resolution draws parallels to previous congressional actions that granted similar permanent status to non-immigrants from Cuba, Southeast Asia, and Iraq, and emphasizes the contributions and sacrifices of Afghan allies who supported U.S. interests during the twenty-year conflict. If passed, the Act would enable these evacuees to apply for lasting protection and permanent legal status in the United States.

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Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee (on 11/17/2025)

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Document Type Source Location
State Bill Page https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/AR204
BillText https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/AR/204_I1.HTM
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