Yeah Biden abandoning our terps in Astan told the world we honor our promises apparently.
Originally Posted by texassapper
Maybe if we fix our immigration system we could provide more for our Afghan allies. Unfortunately it appears that Congress under Bush Sr and Jr, Clinton, Obama, Biden and Trump doesn’t really want to fix the problem.
https://archive.ph/0GtZt
ICE crackdown imperils Afghans who aided U.S. war effort, lawyers say
After Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, President Joe Biden’s administration moved to resettle Afghans who had worked for the U.S. government through the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, which grants lawful permanent resident status and a pathway to U.S. citizenship. As of April, about 25,000 Afghans had received an SIV, and another 160,000 had pending applications, said Adam Bates, an attorney with the International Refugee Assistance Program who analyzed State Department data.
But the Trump administration is rolling back programs created to assist more than 250,000 Afghans — including the allies who worked for U.S. forces and other refugees who fled after the Taliban takeover. And while administration officials say SIV processing will continue, advocates for Afghans who served with U.S. troops fear the curtailment of programs they depend on, along with Trump’s ambitious deportation plan, jeopardizes those still vying for SIV protection.