National Security

Marine vet urges Congress to act on visas for Afghan interpreters

By Jacqueline Klimas
Published June 20, 2016 8:14pm ET
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Marine vet urges Congress to act on visas for Afghan interpreters
Neither the House nor the Senate defense policy bills increase the number of visas available for Afghan translators who worked with U.S. troops, which could leave 6,000 translators unable to come to the U.S., even though they were promised that benefit for their service. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File) | David Guttenfelder

A former Marine on World Refugee Day urged Congress to allow Afghans who risked their lives serving as translators for U.S. forces to come to America.

Joe Jenkins, who is a fellow at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Washington Center, said Monday that the future of the Special Immigrant Visa program is “uncertain,” something that goes against American values and could harm national security in the future.

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