Now that we are leaving Afghanistan. these brave partners and their families face a mortal threat from the Taliban. They are relying on us to uphold our commitment to return their loyaltyand now that time has comeby allowing them to relocate to the United States. This Special Immigrant Visa category recognizes the extraordinary debt we owe these partners. As Ms. LOFGREN mentioned. for a number of years. that category suffered from administrative neglect. and the visa process was hardly functional. In the past year. though. important improvements have been made to the processing system and many more of our Afghan allies are being admitted to the United States. Among them is Janis Shinwari. who served a translator alongside U.S. troops and saved the life of U.S.
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