Nearly two dozen veterans groups are pleading with the White House to intervene in the case of an Afghan national jailed in a Texas border town after he crossed the border illegally while trying to escape the Taliban, TexasTribune reports.
Abdul Wasi Safi stands with his hands behind his back for a photo with others in his Afghan special forces unit. He wears the rank and insignia of a Dvahomi baridman, or second lieutenant.Nearly two dozen veterans groups are pleading with the White House to intervene in the case of antown after he crossed the border illegally while trying to escape the Taliban and rejoin his brother in Houston.
Wasi, a former Afghan special forces intelligence officer, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass on Sept. 30. Border Patrol apprehended Wasi and charged him with afor failure to present the necessary documents to remain in the U.S. More than two months later, he remains in detention under U.S. Marshals Service custody in Eden Detention Center.
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