U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds

[Nomad4Ever]

U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds

The U.S. last year resettled tens of thousands of Afghans following the Taliban takeover. But it left behind many at-risk Afghans, including family members of U.S. military translators.

www.cbsnews.com

The former Afghan translator, whose war-time service helping Marines find and deactivate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) earned him U.S. resettlement and eventual citizenship, hoped the U.S. would allow his brother to enter the country on humanitarian grounds through a process known as parole.

Hussain explained in a signed affidavit that his brother — and his wife and young children — were in great danger because of his own years of working with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, as well as the assistance Hussain provided to the U.S. military in its fight against the Taliban.

But the evidence he submitted, ranging from Afghan government IDs and passports, to news articles detailing Taliban attacks against Hazaras and U.S. translators, was not enough. Hussain's application on behalf of his brother was denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on December 29, 2021.

Since July 2021, USCIS has received over 46,000 applications from Afghans hoping to come to the U.S. through the parole process. But most parole applications from Afghans remain unresolved — and over 90% of fewer than 5,000 fully adjudicated requests have been denied, USCIS statistics shared with CBS News show.

When the U.S. rejected his parole application, Mohammad said he felt "like a dead person but breathing." The affidavit included in his application said the Taliban has access to his files and former office in the presidential palace, where Mohammad worked as a painter and architect in the Office of the President.

"We don't feel safe," he said through a translator. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."

Alexander Wu, a former U.S. Marine Corps captain who served with Hussain during his 2012 deployment in Afghanistan's Helmand province, said his former translator should not have to worry whether his family members will be harmed or even killed.

"Awful stuff happens everywhere but this is something that is uniquely a direct result of a U.S. policy choice," Wu said. "These are people that we served with."

Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration launched a program dubbed Uniting for Ukraine to allow private individuals to help those displaced by the war come to the U.S. Unlike parole cases, which require $575 application fees, the Uniting for Ukraine program is free.

The least the U.S. can do, Wu said, is offer Hussain's family a viable pathway to come here.

"They served our country and theirs. But it was an allyship with us," Wu said. "Turning our backs on them is shameful."

Absolutely disgusting. Helping these people is the bare moral minimum. If we won't even protect the people we directly work with, why would any group in the future ally themselves with the US? We have been carefully building a world that hates us for decades and if we don't do better one day we are going to pay for it.

 

[BirdinHand]

Yeah, we've completely f*cked this up. It is a crying shame.

 

[JMB802]

U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds

The U.S. last year resettled tens of thousands of Afghans following the Taliban takeover. But it left behind many at-risk Afghans, including family members of U.S. military translators.

www.cbsnews.com

The former Afghan translator, whose war-time service helping Marines find and deactivate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) earned him U.S. resettlement and eventual citizenship, hoped the U.S. would allow his brother to enter the country on humanitarian grounds through a process known as parole.

Hussain explained in a signed affidavit that his brother — and his wife and young children — were in great danger because of his own years of working with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, as well as the assistance Hussain provided to the U.S. military in its fight against the Taliban.

But the evidence he submitted, ranging from Afghan government IDs and passports, to news articles detailing Taliban attacks against Hazaras and U.S. translators, was not enough. Hussain's application on behalf of his brother was denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on December 29, 2021.

Since July 2021, USCIS has received over 46,000 applications from Afghans hoping to come to the U.S. through the parole process. But most parole applications from Afghans remain unresolved — and over 90% of fewer than 5,000 fully adjudicated requests have been denied, USCIS statistics shared with CBS News show.

When the U.S. rejected his parole application, Mohammad said he felt "like a dead person but breathing." The affidavit included in his application said the Taliban has access to his files and former office in the presidential palace, where Mohammad worked as a painter and architect in the Office of the President.

"We don't feel safe," he said through a translator. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."

Alexander Wu, a former U.S. Marine Corps captain who served with Hussain during his 2012 deployment in Afghanistan's Helmand province, said his former translator should not have to worry whether his family members will be harmed or even killed.

"Awful stuff happens everywhere but this is something that is uniquely a direct result of a U.S. policy choice," Wu said. "These are people that we served with."

Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration launched a program dubbed Uniting for Ukraine to allow private individuals to help those displaced by the war come to the U.S. Unlike parole cases, which require $575 application fees, the Uniting for Ukraine program is free.

The least the U.S. can do, Wu said, is offer Hussain's family a viable pathway to come here.

"They served our country and theirs. But it was an allyship with us," Wu said. "Turning our backs on them is shameful."

Absolutely disgusting. Helping these people is the bare moral minimum. If we won't even protect the people we directly work with, why would any group in the future ally themselves with the US? We have been carefully building a world that hates us for decades and if we don't do better one day we are going to pay for it.

Yes, why indeed?

Congress excludes protections for Afghan evacuees in Ukraine bill - Roll Call

The Biden administration and advocates sought to win permanent protections for some 36,000 Afghan evacuees in the United States.

rollcall.com

Congress left out of a Ukraine-focused supplemental spending bill a White House proposal to grant Afghan evacuees permanent protections in the U.S., leaving roughly 36,000 of them in legal limbo.

 

[ttwtt78640]

Yeah, we've completely f*cked this up. It is a crying shame.

Yep, we’ve ‘moved on’ to the Ukraine war now. Even then we are taking far fewer ‘refugees’ from Ukraine than from (the cartel wars in?) Mexico and Central America.

 

[mrjurrs]

U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds

The U.S. last year resettled tens of thousands of Afghans following the Taliban takeover. But it left behind many at-risk Afghans, including family members of U.S. military translators.

www.cbsnews.com

The former Afghan translator, whose war-time service helping Marines find and deactivate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) earned him U.S. resettlement and eventual citizenship, hoped the U.S. would allow his brother to enter the country on humanitarian grounds through a process known as parole.

Hussain explained in a signed affidavit that his brother — and his wife and young children — were in great danger because of his own years of working with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, as well as the assistance Hussain provided to the U.S. military in its fight against the Taliban.

But the evidence he submitted, ranging from Afghan government IDs and passports, to news articles detailing Taliban attacks against Hazaras and U.S. translators, was not enough. Hussain's application on behalf of his brother was denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on December 29, 2021.

Since July 2021, USCIS has received over 46,000 applications from Afghans hoping to come to the U.S. through the parole process. But most parole applications from Afghans remain unresolved — and over 90% of fewer than 5,000 fully adjudicated requests have been denied, USCIS statistics shared with CBS News show.

When the U.S. rejected his parole application, Mohammad said he felt "like a dead person but breathing." The affidavit included in his application said the Taliban has access to his files and former office in the presidential palace, where Mohammad worked as a painter and architect in the Office of the President.

"We don't feel safe," he said through a translator. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."

Alexander Wu, a former U.S. Marine Corps captain who served with Hussain during his 2012 deployment in Afghanistan's Helmand province, said his former translator should not have to worry whether his family members will be harmed or even killed.

"Awful stuff happens everywhere but this is something that is uniquely a direct result of a U.S. policy choice," Wu said. "These are people that we served with."

Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration launched a program dubbed Uniting for Ukraine to allow private individuals to help those displaced by the war come to the U.S. Unlike parole cases, which require $575 application fees, the Uniting for Ukraine program is free.

The least the U.S. can do, Wu said, is offer Hussain's family a viable pathway to come here.

"They served our country and theirs. But it was an allyship with us," Wu said. "Turning our backs on them is shameful."

Absolutely disgusting. Helping these people is the bare moral minimum. If we won't even protect the people we directly work with, why would any group in the future ally themselves with the US? We have been carefully building a world that hates us for decades and if we don't do better one day we are going to pay for it.

That bus left the station when the world saw what we did to the Kurds.

 

[Tigerace117]

U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds

The U.S. last year resettled tens of thousands of Afghans following the Taliban takeover. But it left behind many at-risk Afghans, including family members of U.S. military translators.

www.cbsnews.com

The former Afghan translator, whose war-time service helping Marines find and deactivate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) earned him U.S. resettlement and eventual citizenship, hoped the U.S. would allow his brother to enter the country on humanitarian grounds through a process known as parole.

Hussain explained in a signed affidavit that his brother — and his wife and young children — were in great danger because of his own years of working with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, as well as the assistance Hussain provided to the U.S. military in its fight against the Taliban.

But the evidence he submitted, ranging from Afghan government IDs and passports, to news articles detailing Taliban attacks against Hazaras and U.S. translators, was not enough. Hussain's application on behalf of his brother was denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on December 29, 2021.

Since July 2021, USCIS has received over 46,000 applications from Afghans hoping to come to the U.S. through the parole process. But most parole applications from Afghans remain unresolved — and over 90% of fewer than 5,000 fully adjudicated requests have been denied, USCIS statistics shared with CBS News show.

When the U.S. rejected his parole application, Mohammad said he felt "like a dead person but breathing." The affidavit included in his application said the Taliban has access to his files and former office in the presidential palace, where Mohammad worked as a painter and architect in the Office of the President.

"We don't feel safe," he said through a translator. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."

Alexander Wu, a former U.S. Marine Corps captain who served with Hussain during his 2012 deployment in Afghanistan's Helmand province, said his former translator should not have to worry whether his family members will be harmed or even killed.

"Awful stuff happens everywhere but this is something that is uniquely a direct result of a U.S. policy choice," Wu said. "These are people that we served with."

Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration launched a program dubbed Uniting for Ukraine to allow private individuals to help those displaced by the war come to the U.S. Unlike parole cases, which require $575 application fees, the Uniting for Ukraine program is free.

The least the U.S. can do, Wu said, is offer Hussain's family a viable pathway to come here.

"They served our country and theirs. But it was an allyship with us," Wu said. "Turning our backs on them is shameful."

Absolutely disgusting. Helping these people is the bare moral minimum. If we won't even protect the people we directly work with, why would any group in the future ally themselves with the US? We have been carefully building a world that hates us for decades and if we don't do better one day we are going to pay for it.

America ****ing over people who risked their lives to help it, as usual.

 

[Napoleon]

U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds

The U.S. last year resettled tens of thousands of Afghans following the Taliban takeover. But it left behind many at-risk Afghans, including family members of U.S. military translators.

www.cbsnews.com

The former Afghan translator, whose war-time service helping Marines find and deactivate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) earned him U.S. resettlement and eventual citizenship, hoped the U.S. would allow his brother to enter the country on humanitarian grounds through a process known as parole.

Hussain explained in a signed affidavit that his brother — and his wife and young children — were in great danger because of his own years of working with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, as well as the assistance Hussain provided to the U.S. military in its fight against the Taliban.

But the evidence he submitted, ranging from Afghan government IDs and passports, to news articles detailing Taliban attacks against Hazaras and U.S. translators, was not enough. Hussain's application on behalf of his brother was denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on December 29, 2021.

Since July 2021, USCIS has received over 46,000 applications from Afghans hoping to come to the U.S. through the parole process. But most parole applications from Afghans remain unresolved — and over 90% of fewer than 5,000 fully adjudicated requests have been denied, USCIS statistics shared with CBS News show.

When the U.S. rejected his parole application, Mohammad said he felt "like a dead person but breathing." The affidavit included in his application said the Taliban has access to his files and former office in the presidential palace, where Mohammad worked as a painter and architect in the Office of the President.

"We don't feel safe," he said through a translator. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen tomorrow."

Alexander Wu, a former U.S. Marine Corps captain who served with Hussain during his 2012 deployment in Afghanistan's Helmand province, said his former translator should not have to worry whether his family members will be harmed or even killed.

"Awful stuff happens everywhere but this is something that is uniquely a direct result of a U.S. policy choice," Wu said. "These are people that we served with."

Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration launched a program dubbed Uniting for Ukraine to allow private individuals to help those displaced by the war come to the U.S. Unlike parole cases, which require $575 application fees, the Uniting for Ukraine program is free.

The least the U.S. can do, Wu said, is offer Hussain's family a viable pathway to come here.

"They served our country and theirs. But it was an allyship with us," Wu said. "Turning our backs on them is shameful."

Absolutely disgusting. Helping these people is the bare moral minimum. If we won't even protect the people we directly work with, why would any group in the future ally themselves with the US? We have been carefully building a world that hates us for decades and if we don't do better one day we are going to pay for it.

That’s how these things have always worked. The nouveau rich in Afghanistan who made their fortunes in the aftermath of the US invasion and occupation buy US residency and citizenship through the EB-5 program. The US is your oyster with a 100% approval rate for $1.2 million per head.

If the middle class want to do it the legal way they’re at the mercy of a system that is intentionally designed to reject almost all applicants by, for example, requiring the inclusion of documents that don’t exist with the application. So what actually happens is they pay smugglers to get them into Europe and most of them end up in open air prisons in the fringe nations of the EU (ex. Moria on the island of Lesbos). From there they either wait for the occasional plucking of a few hundred or thousand unfortunates by the US and European nations so they aren’t seen to be in total violation of the Geneva Conventions or they keep paying smugglers thousands of Euros to get them out and move them onward to their final destination.

As for the poor, they just get whacked by the Taliban because they can’t afford to do any of those things.

 

[Jkca1]

Why would anybody be surprised? We never cared for the people there in the first place.