Visas for 2,500 Afghan interpreters part of budget deal

Published May 1, 2017 6:29pm ET



More Afghans who assist U.S. forces could get a chance to come to the United States under a budget deal unveiled Monday by Congress.

The sprawling agreement on funding the government through September includes 2,500 more of the special visas for the military and diplomatic interpreters just as past allocations are beginning to run out.

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