VanDiver on Afghans Deportation: It’s Unconscionable to ‘Pull the Rug’ on Folks We Promised to Stand Behind

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VANDIVER: “Well, it’s certainly not accurate, but it seems like the Trump Administration must believe that the conditions have changed because that’s the only way that you would take away Temporary Protection Status, which is for people who cannot go back. They’re in danger. And I’m here to tell you, if you’re an Afghan woman, if you’re somebody who is here because we brought you here, or if you’re somebody who has any sort of relationship with the United States government, things are not better for you in Afghanistan. In fact, we know that things have only gotten worse in the three and a half years since the chaotic withdrawal. And it just seems really unconscionable to pull the rug out from folks that we made a promise to stand on.”