It's disheartening that we haven't made significant progress in passing the AAA over the past year. It's high time we demonstrate a stronger commitment to our veterans and national security. The AAA is intricately linked to both these crucial issues, and addressing it should be a…

The Afghan Adjustment Act was reintroduced yesterday by Senator Klobuchar and 9 cosponsors. Let’s hope it makes it through this time.

The cosponsors are:
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Sen.…

WHY WE MUST PASS THE #AfghanAdjustmentAct
in my own words.✨

My name is Stardust✨
I am a resident of Colorado, and a volunteer advocate for Afghans. Like millions of others, I watched the gargantuan evacuation operation unfold during the Kabul withdrawal in August 2021…

AAAFireWatch PASS #AfghanAdjustmentAct

1400 #FireWatch update: Unfortunately Congress continued with their own selfish agenda and continued to lie to us throughout this process. Over 78,000 Afghans remain with uncertain future. Efforts by Veterans, everyday Americans, Afghans, Afghan Americans and Allies were ignored.

The U.S. made a commitment to the brave Afghans who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with American troops throughout 20 years of war. We promised to protect them, just as they did for us.

This amendment ensures the SIV program will continue to be a lifeline to support our allies. The…

Just gave floor speech to include the bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act amendment on defense bill. It should be called the COVENANT bill. Keeping our promises to those who stood with us. We have the votes. We need the vote.

Jawaid Kotwal
Afghan Adjustment Act Advocates
AAAFireWatch
#AfghanAdjustmentAct

pajhwok.com/2023/07/15/pas…

Jawaid Kotwal
Afghan Adjustment Act Advocates
AAAFireWatch
#AfghanAdjustmentAct

Afghan Adjustment Act Advocates
AAAFireWatch
#AfghanAdjustmentAct

pajhwok.com/2023/07/15/pas…

2/3 “Each passing day we allow the DEADLY status quo to remain—a non-functional Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program and a Taliban campaign to hunt down and murder our allies—is a GIFT TO OUR ENEMIES and their HEINOUS efforts.'

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Here Matt Zeller and Safi Rauf talk with staff from Joni Ernst office. We even secured a virtual meeting with Chuck Grassley staff thanks to a constituent who wanted to ensure her elected officals knew that the #AfghanistanAdjustmentAct was important to them.

Its been 20 months since #afghanevac airlift ended

This photo here is from back in October on the AAAFireWatch #aaafirewatch #roadtrip

We were in #DesMoines #IOWA at that point of the trip.
Right before Abigail Hauslohner from The Washington Post joined us for a leg of the trip

1/3 “Until Congress passes the Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA), the State Dept can't do anything to progress the Afghans' visa applications, leaving our allies in PERPETUAL LIMBO,” said #IAVA Sr. Advisor, @MattCZeller, in Newsweek .

READ FULL OP-ED: newsweek.com/moral-injury-o…
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This week IAVA & Association of Wartime Allies released their latest report on the fate of the left behind Afghans & the US veteran community following the #AfghanEvac . The findings are staggering & in a key instance directly refute the claims of the US government.🧵 iava.org/awa-iava-april…

Deportation Nears For Thousands Of Afghans Evacuated To The U.S. | HuffPost Latest News “If this bill had been brought to the floor, it would have passed.” Safi Rauf, a U.S. war veteran and president of Human First Coalition, an organization lobbying for huffpost.com/entry/afghan-a…

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So to end day 1 of my '1 man advocacy army' #DC trip. I come back to @aaafirewatch outside the Capitol
Because I like so many others are determined to ensure we #keepourpromise and #PassAAA

#FireWatch update: Safi Rauf reflects on 14 weeks of #AAAFireWatch , the impact it had on Allies, Communities, and Supporters across the country, and provides an outlook on the future to come. #AfghanAdjustmentAct isn’t dead. #ThisIsHome and we’re determined to #KeepThePromise

Absolutely horrible