For the last six months, 16 special-operations-focused organizations have fought tirelessly in support of Afghan allies. Working together as the Moral Compass Federation, they aim to overcome policy roadblocks to evacuate Afghans who remain in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and to assist Afghans looking to create a new life in the United States.

The issues of status and transportation stand in the way of evacuating nearly 33,500 high-risk Afghan allies. This vast number includes intelligence officials, commandos, special forces units, and their families. Though most are under serious threat from the Taliban and have worked side-by-side with Americans, they have no immediate means of accessing U.S. citizenship. Most are ineligible for special immigrant visas. The broken humanitarian parole process seems to be little more than a money pit, thus far bringing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services up to $23 million in application fees, but resulting in just 160 conditional acceptances from 40,000 applications.