#US #State Department stops processing visas for #AfghanAllies
The #Trump admin has ordered its diplomats worldwide to stop processing #visas for #Afghan nationals, acc/to a State Dept cable seen by Reuters, effectively suspending the special #immigration program for #Afghans who helped the #UnitedStates during its 20-year-long occupation of their home country.
#military #assets #Afghanistan #law #immigration #betrayal
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The cable, sent to all #US diplomatic posts Friday, says that effective immediately, consular officers are instructed to reject any #immigrant or non-immigrant #visa applications from #Afghan nationals including applicants for Special Immigrant Visas.
Wednesday, a former member of one of Afghanistan's #CIA-backed units under the #Trump admin was accused of #shooting 2 US #NationalGuard soldiers in Washington, DC. One later died.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The #State Dept Saturday referred Reuters to a statement on platform X by Secy of State #MarcoRubio Friday in which he said that "ALL individuals" traveling on #Afghan passports would have their #visa issuance "paused."
The cable Friday, which was earlier reported by the NYT, said the move to stop processing #visas for Afghan nationals was aimed at "ensuring the applicant's identity & eligibility for a visa under #US #law."
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