A year later, Afghan refugees still need U.S. help

Aug. 16, Natalie Nanasi, assistant professor of law at the SMU Dallas Dedman School of Law and co-author Joo Yeun Paek, for an op-ed calling for Congress to resume consideration for, and pass, the Afghan Adjustment Act because a year after the fall of Kabul tens of thousands of Afghan refugees in the U.S. remain in limbo. Published in the San Antonio Express-News under the heading A year later, Afghan refugees still need U.S. help: https://bit.ly/3PsrqLJ

​This week marks the one-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul. The heart-wrenching images of Afghans hanging on airplane wings to escape the advancing Taliban have largely faded from our collective memories, crowded out by the more recent suffering of Ukrainian refugees and the ongoing debates over U.S. border security.

The daily challenges faced by Afghans who sought safety in the U.S. have similarly been largely ignored or forgotten.

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