I wish I had better news. Earlier this month, the State Department issued a new policy that could result in over 3,300 veteran translators being left behind to die: "Last fall, Congress made a change to the rules of a resettlement program for Afghan interpreters who risked their lives by working for the American government. To be eligible for an American visa, applicants would have to demonstrate that they had worked for the United States for at least two years, rather than one. There was no reason to think the new requirement would affect the roughly 10,300 people who already had pending applications. But the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, in a baffling move, decided to apply the new rule retroactively. Immigration lawyers fear that it could disqualify thousands of applicants, including some who have been waiting for a visa for years." -The NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/opinion/an-unpaid-debt-to-afghan-interpreters.html Consider the case of Dave, an Afghan translator with over 8 years of service with our military: Last month, he received a rejection letter from the U.S. embassy in Kabul citing “insufficient length of employment” and saying he did not meet the two-year requirement...[a US soldier who worked with him] recalled one ambush in which Dave, who had not been issued body armor or a gun at the time, helped Americans carry two wounded Afghan National Army members to a medical helicopter while under heavy fire. "Dave was one of the guys running out into the open without any body armor, without a helmet, without a weapon, without anything,” Beilby said. “And he was helping carry the stretchers." This is what we mean when we plead that we're leaving veterans behind to be murdered. We're going to fight this policy until we get it reversed. We will get Dave the visa he earned but, we need your help. Help us be ready to welcome Dave home by providing him with a fully furnished apartment and a car when he arrives. $15,000 is all we need to help Dave get started the life he's earned in America. Help us send a message that America stands ready to welcome home all of our veterans. Please Donate Today: https://www.crowdrise.com/nooneleftbehind/ -Cheers, Matt