[DemEater]

I hope we don’t give our interpreters permanent status. We can take them in until things shape up in Iraq then they should go back. That is, when they aren’t in jeopardy. We are making their country free. They can go back to help complete the job when it is safe for them.

[caltrop]

While I believe we should have an immigration time out for a few years, the Iraqis who've worked with us should be an exception. Having put their lives at perhaps permanent risk to assist us we owe it to them and their families. If Iraq is ever safe they can go back as US citizens.

There is, after all, some precedent for this in the Middle East as some would suggest half of Israel's permanent residents vote absentee in US elections.