Posted on 08/07/2013 5:37:22 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
President Barack Obama has continued slow-walking a visa application from an Afghan translator who helped a Medal of Honor recipient save American lives, the Washington Free Beacon reports. “Four years ago, an Afghan translator known as ‘Hafez’ [a pseudonym used to protect his true identity] charged into enemy fire to help Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer rescue wounded American soldiers during one of the most famous battles in the Afghanistan war,” the Free Beacon’s Alana Goodman wrote on Wednesday.
“Meyer received the Medal of Honor for his courage in the battle of Ganjgal--the first living Marine to receive the honor since the Vietnam war. But Meyer says his friend Hafez is still waiting to receive a U.S. visa he applied for years ago. The former translator remains in Afghanistan under daily threat from the Taliban while his application is caught in the bureaucratic limbo of the State Department.”
Meyer told Goodman that this Afghan translator helped save American lives during the Battle of Ganjgal, carrying American troops to safety while putting his own life at risk to save U.S. soldiers. Meyer also believes Taliban forces will undoubtedly kill “Hafez” if the Obama administration does not approve his visa soon.
“He stood next to me, by my side pretty much the entire time [during the Battle of Ganjgal],” Meyer said in an interview with Goodman. “He helped me carry my guys out. If we can’t help get this guy back who sacrificed so much to bring these Americans home, I’m sure he’ll be killed.”
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rushed through what the Associated Press called on Tuesday a “highly unusual” move to grant asylum to seven of the group of nine who participated in the protest. That group of seven included some who were actually illegal immigrants from Mexico. The cases of the other two who participated in the protest are still being reviewed.
Imagine that !
How about that Grerman home school family that he approved extradited back to Germany after they were here legally, and only trying to be Left alone to teach Christian values to their kids and home school. A practice outlawed in Germany via an old NAZI law as I understand.
But if this is brought to Obama's attention he'll probably sign an EO mandating fast track visas for every single afghan in Afghanistan.
There’s a lot of room under Barry’s bus.
Give Barry a visa to get the hell out of here.
The Afghan interpreter is more of a man than Obama and Biden and Schumer and Little Dickless Durbin and Harry The Body Reid will ever be, individually or combined.
This is what’s wrong with Obama’s America. Reward our enemies; punish our friends.
Welcome to George Orwell’s “1984”.
If only this guy was a Chechen murderer and on NSA terrorist list......
Obama can speed up the process of exempting Congress and staffers from Obamacare.
This tranlator is the type of immigrant I want as a citizen not someone who breaks the laws to remain here
letters of recommendation from several senior U.S. military officials like Lt. Col. Dan Yaroslaski, Lt. Col. Anthony J. Healy, Gy. Sgt. R. M. Garza, Maj. William Jelks, and Capt. Timothy Chrisman,
Sheesh. The only senior personnel I see is the Gunny. Since when is an 0-5 a senior personnel? Where are the Generals??????
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