It has been nearly two years since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and for those who fled to the US, they are still living in fear.
And like the vast majority of those who fled to the US, he's living in limbo, waiting for a green card.
"So we're looking at just these long wait times for people who have come in 2021," said Sarah Cleveland, Managing Attorney, Afghan Legal Services, JFCS East Bay. "The average green card application for an asylum seeker from any country is three to six years." Advocates are making another for a bill that would put evacuees on a clear path toward permanent residency, called the Afghan Adjustment Act. It failed to get through Congress last year and was just recently reintroduced.
"Some major things we're pushing for the Afghan Adjustment Act...to get around this hopping around different things we've been doing with clients and get a more permanent solution to this issue," said Cleveland, noting people in Afghanistan are getting desperate.
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