The Biden Administration says Boise and Twin Falls are two of 139 cities in the United States selected to resettle refugees seeking asylum from Afghanistan.
Julianne Donnelly Tzul, executive director of the International Rescue Committee in Boise, says the resettlement of 400 refugees will happen in stages starting in October.
"If you're thinking a concrete number of people will show up all at once at the airport, that won't be happening," Tzul said. "They will be coming in ones and twos and will be carefully welcomed by our team."
Tzul said possibly 200 children will be part of the Idaho resettlement which will be spread out through the year.
And everyone will be vetted thoroughly, she says.
"It doesn't happen once," Tzul said. "You don't get one security clearance. For a person to make it through the security process, it happens over and over."
Gov. Brad Little and the entire Idaho congressional delegation signed a letter to President Biden, stating the federal government must uphold the most stringent vetting standards in this large scale resettlement.
And in his letter to the president, Gov. Little said he expects the Idaho State Police to be involved in the vetting process.