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pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 01:54 PM Jan 2017

One of the Muslim detainees worked for the US govt. for 7 years during Iraq war.

And this is how we repay him.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/aclu-and-other-groups-challenge-trump-immigration-ban-after-refugees-detained

The ACLU, along with several groups, filed a lawsuit this morning on behalf of two Iraqi men who were en route to the United States on immigrant visas when President Trump issued an executive order banning many Muslims from entering the country.

One of the men, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, was traveling on an Iraqi special Immigrant Visa and had worked as an electrical engineer and contractor for the U.S. government from 2003–2010. Brandon Friedman, a former Obama administration official who commanded a platoon during the invasion of Iraq, said Mr. Darweesh had worked for him as an interpreter. He said on Twitter yesterday that Mr. Darweesh “spent years keeping U.S. soldiers alive in combat in Iraq.”

The other, Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, had been granted a Follow to Join Visa. His wife and 7-year-old son are lawful permanent residents residing in Houston, Texas, and were eagerly awaiting his arrival. Mr. Alshawi’s son has not seen his father for three years.

“President Trump's war on equality is already taking a terrible human toll. This ban cannot be allowed to continue,” said Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.

SNIP

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One of the Muslim detainees worked for the US govt. for 7 years during Iraq war. (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2017 OP
Dispicable...fucking dispicable Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #1
a blood debt we owe that man. trump cannot moral bannkruptcy out of that irisblue Jan 2017 #2
One of the men have been released, CNN just interviewed him and those helping him NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #3
Good. Now the rest. n/t pnwmom Jan 2017 #5
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #4
 

NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
3. One of the men have been released, CNN just interviewed him and those helping him
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 02:03 PM
Jan 2017

I think Hameed was released.

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