More than a score of former U.S. Army officers, including retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former NATO supreme commander, have sent a letter to the country’s Congress calling for swift action to «save» their Afghan allies in the country as they could be deported.
Specifically, the retired generals and admirals have asked members of Congress in both chambers to include the Afghan Adjustment Act in the budget bill, CNN has reported.
The letter argues that the legislation is not only «a moral imperative,» but promotes «the national security interests of the United States.»
If it is not passed, according to the military retirees, «America will be less safe.» «As a professional military, it was and remains our duty to prepare for future conflicts. We assure you that in any such conflict, potential allies will remember what is happening now with our Afghan allies. If we say we support the troops and want to enable their success in wartime, we must honor our commitments today,» they said.
«With the Afghan Adjustment Act, we would implement the most stringent security vetting in our immigration system for Afghans, keeping our country safe,» the letter reads, while the former officers note that the legislation will uphold America’s «binding commitments,» «often sealed in blood» that were made to the men and women who joined U.S. troops.
The legislation’s boosters argue that «time is running out» for the tens of thousands of Afghans in the United States who are now at risk of deportation if the Afghan Adjustment Act does not become law.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
