NY Times: Thousands of Americans Who Have Helped America Are in Danger – Who Will Help Them?

According to the International Rescue Committee, more than 300 thousand. Afghanistan’s civilian population has been linked to an American mission in the country for two decades, but only a minority of them are entitled to refugee protection in the United States.

Among them are those who have served in the US military; They and their families receive special immigrant visas. But thousands of Afghans are trapped in years of bureaucratic processes that are only becoming more confusing as the situation in the country worsens with the withdrawal of US troops.

About 2,000 of those people, whose applications have already been granted, arrived in the United States on evacuation trips from the capital, Kabul, which began in July.

According to refugee resettlement agencies, the new arrivals landed in the United States on Sunday night and were met at a military base in Virginia.

Addressing the nation on Monday, President Joe Biden said more Afghan families were scheduled to move to the United States in the coming days, though he did not provide details.

Refugee advocates say they fear thousands of vulnerable people are in danger as Taliban fighters tighten their controls on Afghan soil. The Taliban closed the border crossings.