A leading lawyer and a US official said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s foreign aid break was forced to suspend flights and retaliation for more than 40,000 Afghans approved for a special US visa. Has
Most of the trapped are in Afghanistan and the rest are in Pakistan, Qatar and Albania. #AfghanevacThe main alliance of veterans and lawyers groups working with the US government to evacuate and resettle Afghans working for the United States during the 20 -year war.
Trump’s foreign development aid was launched for 90 days to withhold foreign development aid, which led to his “US First” foreign policy reviewing qualifications and consistency. –
Experts and advocacy groups say foreign aid breaks have led to interruptions in US and international aid operations and nutrition, health, vaccination and other programs.
The order has also mobilized the suspension for groups by the State Department of Funds that help Afghans with special immigrant visas (SIVS) in searching for accommodation, schools and jobs in the United States.
Trump promised an immigration crackdown during his winner 2024 election campaign.
Wandor said he was not convinced that the flight suspension was deliberate.
“We think this was a mistake,” he said.
He said he hopes the administration will exempt the orders of the Afghans approved for SIVS as they worked for the US government during the war in the last US military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. It was
They fought with us. He called with us, “Vandor said, adding that tens of thousands of other Afghan SIV requests are waiting for action.
The White House and the State Department did not immediately respond to the comments requests.
According to reports of a UN mission in Afghanistan, the Taliban have detained, tortured and killed veterans and former US -backed government officials. The Taliban issued a general amnesty for veterans and government officials and denied the allegations.
Wendaver and US officials, who talk on condition of anonymity, said the flight suspension has trapped more than 40,000 Afghans, including SIV holders in Qatar and Albania. Visa processing centers are waiting to go to the United States, he said, Wendaure and US officials, who talk on condition of anonymity.
He said that US financing flights to Afghanistan and Pakistan to receive their visas in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and US financing to obtain their visas in US -financing flights to Tarani processing centers. The Afghans waiting for flights to flights are also included.
About 200,000 Afghans in the United States have been resettled on SIVS or as refugees since 2021 US withdrawal.
In a separate executive order that he signed hours after his opening on Monday, Trump suspended all US refugee settlement programs.
As a result of this order, hundreds of Afghan refugees lost their seats in flights, including active duty Afghan US soldiers, former Afghan soldiers and family members.
