{"id":73526,"date":"2024-02-05T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/05\/help-for-afghan-allies-included-in-senates-security-supplemental-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:43:23","slug":"help-for-afghan-allies-included-in-senates-security-supplemental-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/02\/05\/help-for-afghan-allies-included-in-senates-security-supplemental-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Help for Afghan allies included in Senate\u2019s security supplemental plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The national security supplemental plan<\/a> released by Senate negotiators on Sunday night includes provisions to help Afghan allies immigrate to and resettle in the United States, reviving hopes among advocates that lawmakers may address the lingering issue.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But key House leaders have already come out in opposition to the plan, putting its future in doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $118 billion plan provides $60 billion in new military aid for Ukraine, $14.1 billion for security assistance to Israel, and $20.2 billion to implement new border security measures in the U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the chamber could vote on the measure this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also includes several pages focused on \u201cfulfilling promises to Afghan allies,\u201d taking from major parts of the Afghan Adjustment Act<\/a>, which has been languishing in Congress since the end of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan<\/a> in August 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\t