‘Home is like jail’: Afghan soldier who helped the US weathers injuries, uncertainty in asylum bid

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Afghan intelligence officer who fled the Taliban after sharing information with American soldiers is now in Texas, where his future remains uncertain. Abdul Wasi Safi is staying with his brother since his release from a Texas immigration detention center, where the Border Patrol took him after he crossed into the U.S. without permission. He’s applied for asylum, but like most other migrants who cross the border this way, he faces an expedited deportation order. Many Afghans who have come to the U.S. face similar dilemmas as their advocates call on the U.S. government to not abandon its allies.