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Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi, once detained at border, wins asylum
It's almost a year since Wasi said he turned himself in to border patrol agents to declare asylum but was charged with entering the U.S. illegally.
The Pentagon is helping State identify Afghan interpreters for evacuation
There are thousands of Afghans in the Special Immigrant Visa pipeline.
Biden defends Afghanistan pullout as Taliban gains ground
President Joe Biden explains the decision to pull out of Afghanistan
By Joe Gould
US House votes to ease entry process for Afghan interpreters
The U.S. House easily passed legislation Tuesday that would make it easier for Afghans who worked for the American military to relocate to the U.S.
DoD should reinstate programs granting citizenship through service, Army veteran senator says
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on veteran naturalization and deportation.
Betrayal and death: Former allies fear the fate of Afghans facing US abandonment
Like the Afghans today, anti-communist Hmong allies of America faced a similarly uncertain fate following the end of the Vietnam War.
We must not repeat the Vietnam refugee tragedy in Afghanistan
The withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan must not end with a betrayal of our Afghan allies, says the author of this commentary.
By Jim Jones
They risked their lives to help us. How Biden can fix the troubled “terp” visa program
It takes years to get a special immigrant visa, time that Afghan interpreters may not have.
Unaccompanied migrant kids may be housed on California National Guard base
The Pentagon on Friday approved the use of Camp Roberts to temporarily house migrant children traveling alone.
White House eyes ways to speed up visas for foreign interpreters stranded in war zones
More than 100,000 interpreters are seeking asylum in the United States, according to advocates.
Leave no Afghan interpreters behind
The authors of this commentary say there is a moral obligation to give Afghan interpreters who aided many American troops the opportunity to begin new lives in the United States.
By Rep. Michael Waltz, Nasirullah "John" Safi and Jason Criss Howk