The Senate's approved Department of Defense budget does not include any Special Immigrant Visas. These are not visas or exemptions for families showing up at the southern border; these are visas for interpreters who helped the United States on foreign battlefields, such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Interpreters risk their lives to work with U.S. forces, hoping that the American government will bring their families to the states. That's what has happened for years, but it now appears to be changing.
The president of the Rochester chapter of No One Left Behind says she has lost sleep, thinking about what this means for families who will now be denied a new life in the United States. But many GOP leaders have said that immigration needs restriction at every level. We discuss it with our guests:
- Ellen Smith, president of the Rochester chapter of No One Left Behind
- Dr. Jawaid Samedy, interpreter for the U.S. Army
- Haji Yuldah, cultural advisor for the U.S. Army
- Araz Majeed, interpreter for the U.S. Army
