Afghans left in limbo as Trump ends deportation protection

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Almost four years after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the Wazir Khan Zadran and his family faced a new wave of fear as the Trump administration is preparing to end the temporary safe status for Afghans in July.

Zadran says Zadran says, especially for his daughters, especially for his daughters, Zadran says Zadran says that in his last date, the Taliban -led Afghanistan has been deployed to exile.

Zodran said, “The future of children here is bright and they can get education here, they can have a good future here. If we go back to our country, they are not good, especially for girls.” “They can’t go to school, they can’t go to university, they can’t do anything. So, I hope they will do something for the refugees of Afghanistan.”

Zodran was a tribal leader who fought against the Haqqani network, a powerful group within the Taliban 20 years ago. He and his family were picked up by the Americans in a helicopter in 2021 and was taken to Kabul Airport for a trip to the United States.

His oldest daughter Zulia is now preparing for college next year, but without a permanent status in the United States, the risk of deportation increases. Zadar’s political asylum application is pending, which means that he can remain in the United States until a final decision is made on his case.

TPS is already available to people in the United States who cannot return to their home countries due to armed conflicts, natural disasters or other extraordinary events. The Trump administration has shifted from Venezuela and other countries to about 14,600 Afghans as well as hundreds of thousands.

Zodran said, “I talk to my girls that you are lucky that you are here, that you are going to school, then you will finish school and go to college.”

“But if we were in Afghanistan, they would not have this right. Their future will be dark. But, in my country, the future of girls is very dark, it is very bad for them.”

The Taliban administration has banned girls over the age of 12 from school and from the university, and has banned women from traveling long distances without male guardians. The Taliban say it respects women’s rights according to the interpretation of Islamic law.

Zulikha Zadran is happy that she has graduated from high school and is going to college with scholarship, despite her fears.

“Recently, I am worried because people are saying that they can be deported without documents,” he said.

“I am afraid that this will make my future dark, but even with this fear, I am proud of what I have achieved. And I hope what is next.”

The Trump administration says Afghans in the United States can still seek asylum.

“Although the TPS was abolished by law, any Afghan, who fears the persecution, is able to seek asylum,” Trusia McLeflin, Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs in the Homeland Security Department, added that the TPS could be canceled for the cancellation.

‘Really upset’

According to the US Department of Homeland Security, after the Taliban occupation in 2021, former president Joe Biden’s ‘Operation Els Welcome’ move more than 70,000 Afghans into the United States.

More than 300 bowling has been settled in Green, a agricultural and manufacturing city that has acquired refugees for decades from Cambodians to Bosiyas.

Unlike some other immigrants, Afghan families are not looking back in bowling green – their investment and dreams are firmly rooted in the United States.

One such family, Habibes, bought a house here. Wahida Habibi speaks English, has a large circle of friends locals, works with her husband in a bakery and given birth to a child two years ago.

Zodran, meanwhile, works in car dealership and is learning business soon. The only real complaint is that the legal status cannot come so fast – he initially thought that this would happen in less than a year.

“And the last three years … I was like what’s going on?” Zadran said.

Sean Wandiver, the founder of #Afghanevac, the main coalition of veterans and lawyers groups, who integrated the Afghan settlement with the US government, said the Republican needs to stand in front of Trump so that Afghans do not be forced to return to a country where their lives are in danger.

“The Taliban have not changed. Threats have not changed,” he said. “The only thing that has changed is the boy who is sitting behind the determination desk.”

Those working with Afghans on resettlement said the fear was clear.

“The community of immigrants, and especially Afghans who re -settled a few years ago, are really upset with immigration,” said Albert Mebanfo, executive director of the International Center for Kentucky.

Another Afghan shelter, Mohammad Azizi, said he was under pressure.

Aziz said, “We are upset because the situation in my country is very bad right now and we worry about going back and starting life from the beginning.”