The practically 50,000 Afghans whom President Joe Biden’s administration housed on 5 United States army bases for months by way of 2021 and early 2022 value taxpayers nearly $189 million in damages to the services, a federal report reveals.
Following the U.S. Armed Forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, Biden opened a refugee pipeline that has resettled greater than 86,000 Afghans in American communities — many with out having been screened or interviewed in particular person beforehand.
Tens of 1000’s of these Afghans had been housed initially at eight U.S. army bases, together with 50,000 who had been particularly positioned at Fort Bliss in Texas, Fort Lee in Virginia, Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, Fort Pickett in Virginia, and Camp Atterbury in Indiana.
Officers at these 5 U.S. bases, in keeping with a Division of Protection Inspector Common (DOD IG) report, famous practically $189 million in damages which taxpayers should foot the invoice to restore.
Chart by way of Division of Protection Inspector Common
As Wisconsin Proper Now first reported, Fort McCoy noticed the heftiest price ticket when it comes to damages related to housing the over 12,700 Afghans who stayed on the facility.
In complete, Afghans triggered greater than $145 million in damages on the base together with points with partitions, ceilings, flooring, doorways, loos, plumbing, electrical techniques, heating, air flow, air-con, exterior siding, and many of the facility’s barracks.
Chart by way of Division of Protection Inspector Common
At Fort Bliss, Afghans housed on the base triggered $575,000 in damages to mattresses and beds whereas at Fort Lee, there have been $632,000 in damages to flooring, ceiling tiles, and electrical techniques.
In the meantime, at Fort Pickett, Afghans triggered greater than $26 million in damages to partitions, doorways, plumbing, HVAC techniques, hearth alarms, and different issues. Damages at Camp Atterbury totaled $16 million to interchange mattresses and furnishings in addition to repairing flooring, doorways, home windows, plumbing, hearth alarms, and landscaping to the grounds.
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