Concerns Raised Over Plans to Re-Evaluate Lawfully Admitted Refugees

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WASHINGTON — Council on National Security and Immigration (CNSI) leader Margaret Stock today expressed concern over reports that the administration plans to re-interview and re-vet more than 200,000 refugees lawfully admitted to the United States since 2021.

“Strong vetting and secure borders are essential to national security, and the refugees in question have already completed an extensive, multistep vetting process before their lawful admissions,” said Stock. “Re-interviewing this entire population would require a significant redirection of personnel and resources at a time when agencies are already managing complex operational demands. Such an effort risks pulling officers away from the core national security missions that protect the country.

“These individuals followed the law, completed security screening, and have already become part of communities across the United States. They contribute to local economies, fill workforce gaps, and support businesses that rely on a stable and legal labor force. A sweeping re-vetting effort would disrupt families, slow agency operations, and create economic harm for the communities and employers that depend on them.

“National security requires resources remain focused on the highest-priority threats. An extensive re-interview effort would deepen existing backlogs, strain agency capacity, and risk weakening United States national security. Immigration policy should reinforce, not hinder, the critical missions that safeguard the United States.”

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Leaders of CNSI speak and act solely in their individual capacities, and their views should not be attributed to any organization with which they are affiliated or to CNSI or the National Immigration Forum.

About Margaret Stock: Margaret D. Stock, Lieutenant Colonel (retired), is an attorney with the Anchorage office of Cascadia Cross Border Law Group LLC, where she devotes her practice to immigration and citizenship matters. She transferred to the Retired Reserve of the U.S. Army in June 2010 after serving 28 years as a Military Police Officer in the Army Reserve. While a part-time professor and Reservist assigned to the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, Ms. Stock was temporarily asked to work for the U.S. Army Accessions Command, where she developed and implemented the Department of Defense’s recruiting program, Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI). Read more here.

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