This is what I find most infuriating about the ban. Ask any Canadian, British or American soldier who served in Iraq or Afghanistan and they will tell you numerous stories about how the interpreters were incredibly vital and in many cases saved the lives of the troops they were assigned to. They did this at a huge risk to themselves and their families who were at risk of being killed for supporting us. It absolutely sickens me that he would be handcuffed and denied his rights that he more than earned to come to the US.
Here is one such story:
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Knocked out by enemy mortar rounds, 1st Lt. Matt Zeller had just regained consciousness when the fire drew closer. As he got his bearings, he realized he was literally in an empty grave, dozens of Taliban militants firing down on him and his fellow soldiers from a ridgeline above.
“I thought, ‘I’m never going to get married, or have kids, and my parents are about to get the worst phone call of their lives,’ ” recalls Zeller, an intelligence officer with the US Army National Guard who had only been in Afghanistan for 10 days. “I freely admit to being terrified.”
Suddenly, AK-47 gunfire rang out, hitting the two fighters. An Afghan interpreter for US forces, Janis Shinwari, had just saved Zeller's life.
“In times of tragedy you look for the helpers, and these are the people who actually run into the fire,” he says. “That’s what Janis and others like him did…. He is the embodiment of these selfless traits in service to our country.”