More than 80 members of the US House of Representatives, including at least three Republicans, have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding that the Trump administration abandon plans to relocate approximately 1,100 Afghan nationals — stranded in Qatar for over four years after the 2021 US withdrawal from Kabul — to the Democratic Republic of Congo (a conflict-affected Central African nation currently experiencing an Ebola outbreak). The lawmakers, led by Democratic congressman and former Army Ranger Jason Crow of Colorado, argued it is both a moral and national security obligation to protect Afghans who served alongside US forces as interpreters, contractors, and security personnel. The appeal comes amid a sharp political shift on Afghan resettlement since an Afghan immigrant was accused of a deadly attack in Washington DC, prompting President Trump to sign an executive order barring Afghan refugees from entering the US; Rubio has said the administration is in talks with "multiple countries" to receive the group.