USCIS, July 20, 2022 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on the transition of the responsibility to adjudicate certain Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) petitions to the U.S... Read More
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/29/2021 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the... Read More
Margaret Stock says the White House, the Defense Department, the State Department and DHS need to coordinate and execute a plan to rescue Afghan interpreters and their families without delay. ( Watch beginning at minute 30:30 .) "Without quick... Read More
New York Times, Mar. 10, 2017 - "Afghans who worked for the American military and government are being told that they cannot apply for special visas to the United States, even though Afghanistan is not among the countries listed in President Trump’s... Read More
New York Times, Feb. 2, 2017 - "The Trump administration amended its visa ban on Thursday to allow emigration by the families of Iraqi interpreters who served the United States government and military forces deployed in their country. ... In a statement... Read More
Rebecca Hersher, NPR, Mar. 10, 2017 - "The State Department is running out of visas for Afghans who are in danger because they worked with the U.S. government in Afghanistan. On Thursday, the U.S. State Department announced that it expected the... Read More