Opinion | HayesBrown: The United States will be ending military operations in Afghanistan on Aug. 31. Still up in the air is what will happen to thousands of Afghan translators who will be in harm’s way once the U.S. withdrawal is complete. - MSNBCDaily
That isn’t even getting into the hurdles that Afghans have to jump through to get an SIV issued in the first place.that many translators whose applications have been denied have been left in the dark about why that is the case. And there’s a congressionally mandated cap to contend with that currently means there are under 11,000 visas even available — so about 7,000 fewer than the applicants already waiting.
This isn’t a slight against the people doing the work of actually evacuating these civilians or processing their applications. And it isn’t an argument that the war needed to continue on for another year, let alone extending what until recently was an open-ended commitment. It’s past time that the U.S.
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