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New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees

Mariam Walizada, center, who fled Afghanistan with her family, sits with two of her daughters Hasnat, left, and Kainat Amy, right, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at their home, in Epping, N.H. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives in their communities. Now the Biden administration is preparing to turn the experiment into a private-sponsorship program for refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and is asking organizations to team up with it to launch a pilot program by the end of 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mohammad Walizada, right, who fled Afghanistan with his family, steps out the back door of their home with two of his daughters, Zahra, left, who holds Kainat Amy, in Epping, N.H., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives in their communities. Now the Biden administration is preparing to turn the experiment into a private-sponsorship program for refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and is asking organizations to team up with it to launch a pilot program by the end of 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mohammad Walizada, who fled Afghanistan with his family, stands for a portrait, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, outside their home in Epping, N.H. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives in their communities. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mohammad Walizada, left, who fled Afghanistan with his family, assists his daughter Hasnat, 3, with a bicycle at their home in Epping, N.H., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives in their communities. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mohammad Walizada, left, who fled Afghanistan with his family, assists his daughter Hasnat, 3, with a bicycle at their home in Epping, N.H., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives in their communities. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mohammad Walizada, left, and his wife Mariam, right, who fled Afghanistan with their family, stand for a portrait, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at their home, in Epping, N.H. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives in their communities. Now the Biden administration is preparing to turn the experiment into a private-sponsorship program for refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and is asking organizations to team up with it to launch a pilot program by the end of 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mohammad Walizada, center right, who fled Afghanistan with his family, sits with three of his children, from the left, Zahra, 10, Hasnat, 3, and Mohammad Ibrahim, 7, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at their home, in Epping, N.H. Since the U.S. military's withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives in their communities. Now the Biden administration is preparing to turn the experiment into a private-sponsorship program for refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and is asking organizations to team up with it to launch a pilot program by the end of 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees