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发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 主党参议员要求每年增加2500阿富汗移民
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 14 17:46:18 2016, 美东)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) is pledging to fight for an extension a visa
program for Afghans who helped U.S. troops and diplomats during the
Afghanistan War after failing to get a Senate vote on the proposal.
“I’m disappointed and disheartened that the Senate could not come together
to support these brave men and women,” Shaheen said in a written statement
Tuesday afternoon. “I’ll continue to look for every opportunity to extend
this important program.”
A bipartisan group of senators led by Shaheen filed an amendment to the
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have authorized 2,500
more visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, which is available
to Afghans who served as interpreters during the war.
But the Senate passed the annual defense bill without taking votes on most
of the more than 500 amendments filed on the bill after fights among
senators over a handful of amendments.
Ten thousand Afghans have applied for the special immigration visas, but
only 3,500 visas remain available.
Supporters of extending the program say Afghans who helped Americans are now
at risk of being killed by the Taliban.
“It’s unconscionable that the Senate has turned its back on the brave
Afghan men and women who put their lives on the line to support our troops,
” Shaheen said. “Our country owes a great debt to the Afghans who provided
invaluable assistance to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. For many of them,
this could be a death sentence. Thousands of Afghans have put themselves,
and their families, at risk to help our soldiers and diplomats accomplish
their mission and return home safely.”
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