The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has potentially dire consequences for Afghan women and children. The Islamist group was able to commandeer sophisticated US weaponry and other military equipment during our poorly-planned troop withdrawal. And so Americans have been primed to cheer the arrival of planes carrying thousands of Afghan refugees, who we are told would otherwise be executed by the Taliban, into the United States.
But what are the long-term consequences of rapid refugee resettlement? Could this present a risk to national security? How will this effect Americans economically or culturally? I recently spoke to Stephen Miller, former senior adviser for policy for President Trump and founder of America First Legal, about the ‘second- and third-order effects’ inherent in quickly bringing in tens of thousands — and potentially millions — of people from a place where a jihadist ideology is prevalent.
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