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Earlier in the year, the number of Afghans coming to San Diego under the Special Immigration Visa program had slowed to a trickle, partly because of COVID-19 and partly because of delays that began under the Trump Administration. All of that has turned around the last two weeks, as the evacuation continues in Kabul, says Etleva Bejko, Director of Refugee and Immigration Services with Jewish Family Service of San Diego. “Our goal is to make sure that, as they come here, that we provide the same level of services that we’ve been able to provide when we have more time to plan and make sure that those families do not fall through the cracks,” she said. At the moment, Jewish Family Services is seeing one new family arriving every day, which they expect to happen for as long as the airlift continues.