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Visas are running out for the US military's Afghan interpreters

Afghan interpreters risked their lives to work with the US military. Now a special visa program designed to give them sanctuary in the US is running out of visas.

Also: why one Syrian refugee gave up on his dream of ever coming to America; how one of the oldest restaurants in the US became the place to go for Thai visas; a trio of Italian indie rock musicians get a lesson in US immigration law; and Bassel Almadani shares a song dedicated to his cousin, Aya, who was killed in Syria.

(Image: US Immigration inspectors check passports at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, 2002. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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大象传媒 World Service except News Internet

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