Visas for our Iraqi Translators and ‘Terps
US Immigration law is denser and longer than the US federal tax code, and likely screws over more people. We’ll offer you today a short history of the programs to give visas to the Iraqis who worked...
View ArticleHere you go America, another snapshot of your legacy in Iraq…
I received this comment to an earlier posting about the problems Iraqis who had worked for the US Military and State Department were facing obtaining Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) to flee Iraq: Since I...
View ArticleHelp for Iraqis Who Helped Us: The List Project
A good friend of this blog asks that I include this “guest” posting, following up on my own articles about the situation facing Iraqis who worked as translators for the US military and State Department...
View ArticleSave Our Terps! How (and Why) to Write Congress Now
From time to time I offer this space to guest bloggers with something important to say. Today, our guest is long-time friend of this blog, Charlie Sherpa. Sherpa runs his own blog at Red Bull Rising....
View ArticleNYT Falsely Tries to Tie Afghan Visa Problem to Trump Travel Ban (Two Aren’t...
Here’s a NYT article that goes out of its way trying to tie the lack of Afghan Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs; for former U.S. military translators) to the Trump travel ban executive order. The two are...
View ArticleVisas for our Iraqi Translators and ‘Terps
US Immigration law is denser and longer than the US federal tax code, and likely screws over more people. We’ll offer you today a short history of the programs to give visas to the Iraqis who worked...
View ArticleHere you go America, another snapshot of your legacy in Iraq…
I received this comment to an earlier posting about the problems Iraqis who had worked for the US Military and State Department were facing obtaining Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) to flee Iraq: Since I...
View ArticleHelp for Iraqis Who Helped Us: The List Project
A good friend of this blog asks that I include this “guest” posting, following up on my own articles about the situation facing Iraqis who worked as translators for the US military and State Department...
View ArticleSave Our Terps! How (and Why) to Write Congress Now
From time to time I offer this space to guest bloggers with something important to say. Today, our guest is long-time friend of this blog, Charlie Sherpa. Sherpa runs his own blog at Red Bull Rising....
View ArticleSpecial Immigrant Visas (SIV): A Brief, Sad History
The story of Afghans fleeing their country seeking Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) is the story of the war. In the hubris of conquest 20 years ago, no one could conceive the U.S. would need to evacuate...
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