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IRAP on Al Jazeera – Afghan military interpreters seek US refuge
Some former US soldiers who were helped by Afghans on the battlefield are complaining that too few of their interpreters have been granted refugee visas to the US. Former US Army captain Erik Malmstrom says his interpreter Khalilulah was key to his soldiers’ understanding of the Afghan people, and is now guiding him through the [...]
IRAP on Southern California Public Radio
“People underestimate just how much these interpreters are on the line of battle,” said Katherine Reisner, National Policy Director for the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project. “They’re doing this all for a country they’ve never seen.”Iraq War 10 years later: Former Iraqi translator makes a new life in Glendale
Congress Demands Action on Special Immigrant Visa Program
19 REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC U.S. REPRESENTATIVES ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA TO EXTEND AND REFORM VISA PROGRAMS FOR IRAQI AND AFGHAN ALLIES “The U.S. has a responsibility to follow through on our promise to protect those Iraqis and Afghans who have risked their lives to aid our troops and protect America’s security.” – 19 U.S. Representatives [...]
IRAP Profiled by PRI’s “The World”
Public Radio International’s “The World” ran a profile on IRAP that aired on NPR stations across the United States. The piece, available here, focuses on three military veterans at our U.C. Berkeley School of Law Chapter who returned to the U.S. and joined IRAP in order to assist Afghan and Iraqi military allies who had [...]
Forbes quotes IRAP in piece on our Afghan and Iraqi Allies
Forbes Magazine covered the ongoing crisis facing Iraqi and Afghan allies of the U.S. military who are being left behind to face death, kidnapping and persecution following the U.S. withdrawal. Although a special visa program exists to help our military allies immigrate safely to the U.S., that program is not operating quickly enough to protect [...]
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