As Afghans scramble to escape the Taliban, Fox News hosts lean into anti-refugee rhetoric

Hundreds of people tried to board a U.S. military aircraft in Kabul on Monday before those shut out ran alongside it, risking their lives in a desperate attempt to flee the country as the plane attempted to take off.

The striking scene led to passionate pleas from Democrats and Republicans alike to make resettling refugees a top priority amid America’s chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan. But the idea of clearing a path for asylum seekers to come stateside rankled some Fox News television hosts.