President Trump’s effort to negotiate sending Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a failed state engaged in a war with Rwanda, or return them to their own country to face potential retaliation by the Taliban, is despicable.
These people were our friends.
Roughly 1,100 Afghans have been held in limbo for 18 months at a military camp Trump wants to close in Qatar, Camp As Sayliyah. They were promised safety in the United States out of gratitude for their work aiding us in their home country.
In pursuit of secure borders, President Trump’s heartless immigration policies have gone far beyond the desire of most Americans, but this situation should anger and embarrass all of us.
By standing up to his immigration policies generally, and this cruel and unwarranted treatment of people who helped us specifically, we must let the world know that this president does not represent the great majority of us.
Sam Saltonstall
Brunswick
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