When we make a promise to those people who helped us on the ground. we need to abide by that promise. We need to make sure those people who helped our service men and women are able to get to this country and are not killed by the Taliban and other enemies of the United States and Afghanistan. Yet. despite these compelling cases and despite the persuasive arguments of our senior military and civilian leaders. the Senate NDAA does not currently reauthorize and extend the SIV Program or allow for additional visas because of the objections of some few in this body. This is particularly problematic because we are going to issue all of those unallocated SIVs by the end of this year even while there are thousands of Afghans at some stage in the application process and new applicants still beginning. In effect. this means that without congressional action. the SIV Program will sunset around December and thousands of Afghans who have stood alongside our military and other government personnel are at severe risk.