The Al-Baidhani brothers risked their lives as military interpreters in Iraq, but have been thwarted for 12 years by U.S. bureaucracies from bringing their family here.
— because their family members worked for the U.S. military or civilian officials in wartime. This has put their lives at risk up until the present day, from Iraqi Sunni and Shiite Islamists.
As a result of his service, Khalid was shot in the face by Shiite militiamen while leaving a U.S. base in Baghdad . Three years later, Wisam was sent a single bullet wrapped in a note: “This is for your heart if you do not stop working for them.” Khalid’s uncle, also a translator, was murdered and his body left in a dumpster.
Given the risk to their family, the two brothers applied immediately to the P-2 program to get them to America. After five years of security checks and interviews, the family was informed by the U.S. Embassy in 2016 that they were cleared for visas. Farley, Wisam’s U.S. military buddy, added: “These are the people we rely on in our war efforts. What message are we sending?”A shameful saga of U.S. callousness toward Iraqis who helped our soldiers | Trudy Rubin
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