Afghanistan people who helped the U.S. military are blocked from coming to Westchester

“Rep. Latimer told the Business Journal, ‘I think it’s pretty clear that these individuals put themselves on the line, their lives, their families, everything they had to support the Americans when we were in Afghanistan and they had hoped that we would bring freedom and opportunity to the Afghan people. They became pariahs to the Taliban. Now that we’re gone they’re in dire straits and violence and death may follow if we don’t do what’s right.’”

“‘I think it’s a great statement by these individuals, the organizations they represent and more generally the county as a whole that understands the sacrifice these Afghans have made and they can’t be abandoned,’ Latimer said.”