‘They fought for American values’: Afghan immigrants and advocates push back against Trump crackdown

The US has been punishing ‘an entire group’ since the arrest of an Afghan in the shooting of two national guard troops

Afghan immigrants and advocates across the United States are pushing back firmly against the Trump administration’s most recent crackdown on legal immigration, saying the American government is punishing hundreds of thousands of people for the alleged actions of one man.

Since the shooting of two national guard soldiers in Washington DC late last month, with the authorities charging an Afghan man as the suspect, the Trump administration has taken harsh action, especially against Afghans in the US, generating a mix of fear, outrage and defiance in the diaspora.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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