It is welcome news that the U.S. government is evacuating approximately 2,500 Afghan allies and their family members to Fort Lee, Virginia to complete security screening and immigration processing — but it is a small first step. It is vital that all of our Afghan allies (18,000 plus about 53,000 family members) be flown to U.S. territory and have their immigration applications expeditiously completed as well. These pathways should include, at minimum, family members of U.S. government employees, U.S. government employees not covered by the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, and other at-risk populations such as activists, journalists, religious and ethnic minorities, and humanitarian workers. The U.S. has done this before, and we must do it now.