
A different kind of AfghanEvac Weekly Update | August 17, 2026
No briefing this week. A thank you, the letters that came back from allies and volunteers, and what we just learned about September.
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No briefing this week. A thank you, the letters that came back from allies and volunteers, and what we just learned about September.

Last week was a banner week: two bills introduced, a flagship report released, and we're just getting started

USCIS ended the guarantee of an asylum interview. Plus, a secretive removal court created in 1996 holds its first hearing, a letter that arrived a hundred times, and two wins worth having.

Congress can protect Afghan allies who are already here, and two federal rules would strip their right to work and their day in court. You can weigh in on all three this week.

A bipartisan bill to shield Afghans from deportation, a pathways tool that broke through globally, and new warnings families need to see.

A bipartisan bill would stop the deportation of Afghans this country promised to protect. Here is what it does, how it shields our allies, and what it will take to pass it.

A landmark report built for the courtroom, a website rebuilt into an arsenal, and a federal judge who refused to let the administration freeze Afghan cases again.
Three members of Congress said it on the record, a nonsense reply from USCIS, and the sudden loss of a Republican champion for Afghans

A map for the maze, a win at the Supreme Court, and a letter to every employer who got it wrong.

A federal judge shuts down ICE courthouse arrests nationwide, an Afghan ally dies in custody and the government calls it an accident, and the Supreme Court narrows the door for refugees