How Can the United States Help its Afghan Allies? Special Immigrant Visas and Other Options
Updated: Aug 23, 2021 | Published: Aug 23, 2021 |
As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan and Afghans attempt to flee the Taliban, the chaotic scenes at Kabul airport focus on what the United States can do to assist their Afghan allies in leaving. Much discussion has centered on the SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) program. Congress created this program in 2009 to support Afghan translators and others who had worked with U.S. forces…