They fought for the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now they worry about losing their green cards

Murals are seen along the walls at a quiet U.S embassy on July 30, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. Hundreds of Afghans who fought alongside U.S. troops and supported the U.S. government in Afghanistan are now worried their green cards could be revoked. In Afghanistan, their efforts ranged from custodial jobs at the U.S. embassy, to technology and engineering roles with U.S. contractors and companies. Some were on the frontlines of combat as interpreters. In the years leading up to the U.S.'s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Kabul, Congress and the Biden administration facilitated several programs for Afghans involved in military efforts to come to the U.S. with their families. Among them is the Special Immigrant Visa for Afghans, which was authorized in 2009. Since then, the State Department has issued 160,000 of those visas. More than half of them were granted since the U.S. closed its embassy in Kabul in 2021. But now, five years after the U.S. left Afghanistan, hundreds of people who came on SIVs and now have green cards have received notices f...