Afghans who worked for U.S. Military told not to apply for U.S. Visas (interview, illegal)

[Bureaucat]

Treating interpreters who have risked their lives by helping us like this isn't likely to make it easier in the future if we need assistance from foreign nationals.

One of those affected by the shut-off of special visas is Mohammad Nasim Hashimyar, who worked for three years as an interpreter for American Special Forces in Oruzgan Province, and later for the American Embassy. He lives in hiding in Kabul as he waits for his visa interview, which now appears unlikely to happen. “It will force me to go through an illegal way to Europe because my life is in danger in Kabul,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/w...ates.html?_r=0

[boxus]

So basically nothing in the article confirmed anything, nothing but a bunch of "he said, she said".

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

How long have they been in Afghanistan? Will 90 more days for us to figure out an actual vetting process really be that big a deal? Those people are the ones that should be at the front of the line once we get things figured out and put in a meaningful process.