‘Saving Afghan Interpreters’ is a Scam That Would Bring 100,000 Afghans to U.S.
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Getting the United States out of Afghanistan is relatively easy compared to getting Afghanistan out of America. The latest stage of the withdrawal is accompanied by frantic calls to “save Afghan interpreters” coming from the same media that also wants us out of Afghanistan.
But what’s the use of leaving Afghanistan if we’re going to bring it with us to America?
The “interpreter” scam is one of the longest running immigration hoaxes on record.
Before the withdrawal, there were some 2,500 American soldiers in Afghanistan. After the withdrawal, there are around 600 soldiers left behind.
And there are 20,000 Afghan “interpreters” applying for SIVs or Special Immigrant Visas.
How can there be 20,000 interpreters for 2,500 soldiers?
...Getting the United States out of Afghanistan is relatively easy compared to getting Afghanistan out of America. The latest stage of the withdrawal is accompanied by frantic calls to “save Afghan interpreters” coming from the same media that also wants us out of Afghanistan.
But what’s the use of leaving Afghanistan if we’re going to bring it with us to America?
The “interpreter” scam is one of the longest running immigration hoaxes on record.
Before the withdrawal, there were some 2,500 American soldiers in Afghanistan. After the withdrawal, there are around 600 soldiers left behind.
And there are 20,000 Afghan “interpreters” applying for SIVs or Special Immigrant Visas.
How can there be 20,000 interpreters for 2,500 soldiers?
...70,000 Iraqis and Afghans came here on the so-called translator/interpreter visas...And 48,601 of those SIVs went to Afghans. At its peak, under Obama, there were 100,000 American soldiers in Afghanistan. That’s an “interpreter” to every 2 soldiers.
By March 2021, 100,000 Afghans and Iraqis had been approved for SIVs.
But the vast majority of “interpreters” aren’t interpreters. They were “Afghan allies” working in some capacity with or for the United States. While the media keeps talking about 20,000 “interpreters” embedded with American forces, hardly any of the SIV applicants fall into that category. Applicants didn’t even have to work for the United States. They could have worked for any of the over 50 countries taking part in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Not to mention any of the local subcontractors or aid groups that were being funded by the United States.
In 2016, 58 translators and 165 family members received visas. As did 4,283 government workers and 10,100 family members.
...The visa inflation is driven by family members. Of the 100,000 SIV immigrants, 31,000 were the actual applicants, while another 69,000 were family members. The current list of applicants in the pipeline breaks down to 700 “interpreters” or principal applicants and 1,800 family members.
With 20,000 principal Afghanistan applicants, that means we could easily be looking at over 60,000 total Afghan immigrants in the short term. And the numbers may go as high as 100,000.
The long term numbers under family reunification programs would be absolutely staggering.
...The media claims that SIV migrants will quickly be able to adapt and adjust. Government data however shows that 60% of SIV migrants remained unemployed after 90 days, including 58% of those with “good spoken English” and 65% of those with “post-secondary education”.
...The United States has already handed out 100,000 SIVs to Afghans and Iraqis. We’re now looking at the possibility of another 100,000 with no real end in sight even after that.
Americans will have resettled an entire Tallahassee or Chattanooga worth of “interpreters”.
Senator Mark Warner and Senator Marco Rubio have claimed that failing to bring the Afghans to America would be “a stain on our national conscience”. The real stain on our conscience is politicians who put Americans last and put open borders migration first. Americans have spent countless blood and treasure fighting for the Afghans. But the Afghans won’t fight for themselves. As American forces leave, they’re deserting, surrendering, and retreating.
That’s their choice.
Over 2,000 Americans died for Afghanistan. No more Americans should die at home.
SIV visas have brought violent rapists and terrorists to America. Every single visa puts American lives and national security at risk.
The move to bring 100,000 Afghans to this country is a warning that it’s much easier to get Americans out of Afghanistan than it is to get Afghanistan out of America.
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Flooding America with more foreign third world sloths who will contribute nothing to our society and not adopt our customs. Even when Trump returns the damage done by all the unnecessary immigrants legal and illegal will be in our face. Will it be reversible?
Rubio needs to be freaking primaried.
Caldara: ‘Affordable’ housing scheme a con job on the poor
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The left hates the poor, who are often minorities. I’ll go even further. The left is cruel to the poor.
Yet, somehow they get people to think they’re helping the poor.
Here’s a great case in point. The Denver Gazette reported the City and County of Denver is building a new condo complex for affordable ownership.
If you make less than $60,000, you MIGHT get to be one of only 130 folks to pay a mere $140,000 for a one-bedroom condo in a desirable, central downtown location. What an absolute steal! The estimated monthly payment would be only around $625, unheard of in Denver! After all the average price for a condo or townhome in Denver is now over $430,000.
To get one of these little gems would be winning the lottery.
Too bad it is a lie. A cruel, sick, and twisted lie to dupe the poor.
A similar “permanently affordable” scam is employed in my hometown of Boulder. It works like this: A developer, if he can even get permission to build housing units, must sell about 25% of them at a substantially reduced price to qualifying “poor” folks.
For those who don’t understand basic economics, that of course means the other 75% are sold well above cost.
The real cruelty happens when the “poor” homeowner tries to sell her property and realizes she only kinda, sorta owns her home.
To keep it “affordable” for the next person she can only sell it for what she paid for it, plus a small increase to cover inflation, improvements, and then maybe a slight profit.
Think of the inhumane dichotomy. The market price for these new condominiums is, let’s say, $200,000 each. And say the “poor” person can buy hers at an affordable $100,000. Well, her “regular” neighbor is going to have to pay more than $200,000 for his — a penalty for his white privilege.
Let’s say, a few years later, the market price for those condo units doubles in value. The regular guy now has $200,000 in equity he can use to start a business, retire, put kids through school or sell it and pocket the money.
The poor person who bought her house for only $100,000 has 50% more equity and can do even more with it than her neighbor, including selling it and pocketing $300,000. Except she can’t.
Her “ownership” is a pitiless lie. If she could sell it, the unit would no longer be “affordable” for the next “poor” lady.
...A recent Jersey City, New Jersey story illustrated the ugliness. An 82-year-old woman bought her government-subsidized affordable home 30 years ago; likely it’s paid off now. As she is getting on in years, the place isn’t working for her, she can no longer walk up the stairs.
She wants to sell her home, take her massive equity and move to Florida to be with her sister. All very reasonable and financially sound.
Only now does she realize most all her equity must go to the city, because she didn’t really own it in the first place — a 30-year rip-off job. Just when she went to cash in her nest egg, she found her balance sheets hundreds of thousands of dollars off. Nest empty. The city will use her cash to con another poor sucker into believing they’re buying a home to build a retirement.
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As I was told when growing up if it sounds too good it probably is.
Flee the Stan if you helped the American or die. That is the Moses operandi today.
People in the gov feel bad for those guys.