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The brother of an Afghan soldier who fled the Taliban and traveled through nearly a dozen countries before being arrested at the Texas-Mexico border says his sibling has been granted U.S. asylum, allowing him to remain in the country.
A former Afghan intelligence officer who fled the Taliban after sharing information with American soldiers is now in Texas, where his future remains uncertain.
Wasi and his brother pray for their family’s safety as the holy month of Ramadan ends and the Taliban continues to rule Afghanistan.
A much-anticipated reunion between two brothers from Afghanistan who worked with the United States military in the war against the Taliban happened on Friday.
After being held in detention in Texas for months during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi is now a free man as he works to secure asylum in America.
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s office mounted pressure on several federal agencies earlier this month leading up to Abdul Wasi Safi’s release on Tuesday.
An Afghan soldier seeking U.S. asylum who was arrested while trying to cross the Mexico border has been freed and reunited with his brother after spending months in immigration detention.
After months of publicity and a bipartisan congressional effort to request a pardon from the president, Abdul Wasi Safi could be set free.
The Houston Democrat said she has sent a letter to the White House asking the Biden administration to ensure Abdul Wasi Safi starts his life in America without a criminal record.
Abdul Wasi Safi’s physical and mental health are deteriorating as he waits at a detention center near the border.
After surviving the fallout from a war in his home country and a global trek, Abdul Wasi Safi was arrested at the Texas-Mexico border on a misdemeanor charge, delaying his chance for asylum.
After trying to find asylum in America, this man says his brother, who at one time fought alongside the U.S., was instead detained.
Abdul Wasi Safi was trying to reach his brother, who immigrated legally to Houston after helping the U.S. military. Legal experts say Wasi may have to serve a criminal sentence before he can pursue asylum.
