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Quoted: U.S. must do more to help Iraqis who helped us
April 25, 2012
By The IRC
Bob Carey (far right), International Rescue Committee vice president of resettlement and migration policy, with fellow members of the IRC's Commission on Iraqi Refugees in Irbil, Iraq, in 2010.
Photo: IRC
“There is an enormous backlog of people whose lives are at risk.”
- The International Rescue Committee's Bob Carey, interviewed for a recent Philadelphia Inquirer column on dangers facing Iraqis who worked for U.S. forces, as they wait for Special Immigrant Visas to be processed.
Read the column: Worldview: U.S. must do more to help Iraqis who helped us, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 22, 2012
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Before March 2003 the USA was
Submitted by Akeel (not verified) on July 23, 2012 - 5:51am.
Before March 2003 the USA was a dream land of Iraqi people but after 2006 the USA became the salvation land. I got a chance to go there and live for 18 months.
the life is so great over there but it's hard for the people who have 40 years old or older.
anyway, I came back to Iraq, smply coz I couldn't find a job can cover my life in US.
Thanks
Akeel
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