Afghan translator who saves the leadership of the Officer of the Officer at the time of the war refers to the United States broke its promise to partners
Dewey Yopp, a retired chief executive officer, was sent to Afghanistan in 2002 to train the new Afghan army during the first battlefields in Afghanistan. He met Amir, his 18-year-old Afghan translator, the airport on the first day, said Amiri continued to save his life four times.
“Amir dragged me, you were under fire, and went to the Medevac area,” said Yopp telling CBS news of those situations.
Afterwards The US went from From the World in 2021, yopp has ripped to find an amir special visa of arrival For Afghan Allies. Amir asked CBS news to hide his actual name for security reasons.
“If anyone saves your life, your souls are tied together forever,” says Yopp. “You are a son to me, in fact.”
Three years later, Amir’s visa was approved, and she and her family were given green cards. They arrived in the US and live in Kentucky, meeting Nyopp 22 In 22 years after a meeting for the first time in Afghanistan.
YOPP now spending many days with Amir’s children, naming “Grandpa.”
Thousands of Afghans living in the US now are afraid to be chased after the law court on Monday Refused to relieve Trump administrative efforts to end their legal status. Amir is a special discovery of the immigration visa, given US Allies to help during the war. Despite her family and her family with green cards, you are afraid of shipment, because the White House reboot Chasing green card owners, too.
The Amir risks Taliban to help the US troops, because the work in Afghanistan at the time was scarce and the hope of safety in another country was attracted. He told CBS news that the promise was made to be reverted to his life, “your family will go to the United States. This was offered with us all who work with us”
Amir said he hid the years after his ministry, feeling betrayed by the US, until the yopp entered the US pledge and helped to stop his visa. Thousands of Afghanistan military veterans across the country they have taken to help translators of one translators will arrive safely in the US and stay here. But Amir says it’s not a veterans work to fulfill the heritage of the government’s protection earlier.
Trump management Looking over and over again Afghanist refugees blocked AFGhan Allies from arrival, Customizing Afghanistan from travel prevention, Afghan’s temporary refugee. YOPP says “Code of Conduct” in Veterans to see this happens to those who have helped them during the war.
As part of the management efforts to end the TPS system, the local Secretary of Popularity Kriele agreed Whether Afghanistan is now safe in Afghans to return, the Amir point conflict.
“All right, if Afghanistan is safe, why do you say your citizens, ‘Don’t go to Afghanistan? “Oh, [it’s] It is safe, but to you, [it’s] It is not safe? I’m not sure. “
Amir fears that or as a green card owner, he and his family are not returned, because the White House is a threat to the discussions of green card holders ,.
Nowadays, he works two jobs, seven days a week, to support his family. He said he only entered the past because of $ 500 per month Yopp, a retired, would give him.
“It was a slap in the face, indeed, to see the programs that would be removed,” said Yopp.
Amir added: “Americans should not make a promise and Afghans, and now [you’re] To make the problem to them. Then why [did] he did [that] Promise? ”
