U.S. Marine veteran Chad Robichaux sounded the alarm this weekend on Fox & Friends Weekend, warning that the chaotic evacuation and resettlement of Afghans after the 2021 withdrawal left American communities exposed. Robichaux joined the show to argue that the vetting process was rushed and inadequate, and that recent criminal charges against evacuees prove his worst fears.
One of the most chilling follow-ups came from Texas, where Mohammad Dawood Alokozay — admitted through Operation Allies Welcome — was arrested after posting a TikTok video appearing to show him building a bomb and making terroristic threats. State prosecutors charged him, and ICE has lodged a detainer, underscoring how quickly dangerous individuals can move from evacuation flights to criminal arrests on U.S. soil.
Even more damning was the ambush in Washington, D.C., where Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national admitted in 2021, allegedly shot two National Guard members, killing a young soldier and gravely wounding another. Investigations indicate Lakanwal had previously worked with CIA-backed Afghan units, and his presence in the United States after parole into the country has reopened painful questions about who was actually allowed in.
These cases are not isolated oddities; they follow a blistering DHS Office of Inspector General report that found Customs and Border Protection lacked critical data to properly screen and vet many evacuees, sometimes admitting people without full identity information or reliable vetting. The watchdog warned that incomplete records and rushed processes meant DHS may have admitted individuals who posed national security or public safety risks.
Robichaux’s personal experience — eight tours in Afghanistan and direct contact with locals who later betrayed U.S. interests — gives real weight to his warning that “tactical wartime vetting” is not the same as the thorough, multi-agency screening required to protect American families. He’s blunt: the Biden-era evacuation prioritized speed over safety, and the result has been predictable and dangerous consequences for communities that trusted the government to get this right.
Conservatives have argued for years that humanitarian impulses must be balanced with common-sense national security measures, and the evidence in these recent incidents demands immediate policy change. DHS’s own records show tens of thousands were processed under parole and quick pathways, and until the government proves it can reliably identify threats, those programs should be halted and retooled.
Washington must stop treating these failures as abstract statistics and start delivering real accountability: freeze parole pathways that bypass thorough vetting, audit every admission from Operation Allies Welcome, and hold DHS and State Department leaders responsible for the dereliction of duty. Americans owe every veteran and every fallen Guardsman the basic decency of a government that secures the homeland before it rushes to check a moral box.
We should listen to the Marines who fought for our safety and believe the common-sense instincts of citizens who want secure streets and honest government. Protecting America doesn’t make you cruel; it makes you patriotic — and it’s time our leaders stopped apologizing for basic security and started doing their job.
