Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says

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[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpublicmedia.org%2Farticles%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fimmigration%2F2025%2F06%2F03%2F523004%2Fformer-afghan-soldier-arrested-at-houston-area-home-by-ice-stripped-of-asylum-protections%2F|target:_blank"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

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Many Afghans living in the U.S. fear being tortured or killed if they get deported

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[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]HOUSTON — Sayedyaqoob Qattali spent years aiding U.S. forces as a security commander for the Afghan Interior Ministry in Herat province. He was caught there when Afghanistan's government fell to the Taliban in August 2021 and was unable to get U.S. help to evacuate.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F05%2F07%2Fnx-s1-5366662%2Fafghanistan-tps-immigration-asylum-seekers|target:_blank"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

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As Trump ends protections, many Afghans in U.S. fear deportation and murder at hands of Taliban

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[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Roughly 200,000 Afghans have come to the U.S. since the Taliban seized Kabul in August 2021. There are now about 10,000 in Greater Houston. Even those with a pathway to U.S. citizenship are worried about their future as President Donald Trump has steadily eliminated their legal protections.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="Read More" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonpublicmedia.org%2Farticles%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fimmigration%2F2025%2F05%2F01%2F520178%2Fas-trump-ends-protections-many-afghans-fear-deportation-and-murder-at-the-hands-of-the-taliban%2F|target:_blank"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

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Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says

Many Afghans living in the U.S. fear being tortured or killed if they get deported

As Trump ends protections, many Afghans in U.S. fear deportation and murder at hands of Taliban

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