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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Feb 10, 2017, 02:57 PM Feb 2017

US Army Ranger buys ticket and opens his home in order to bring back Afghan refugee interpreter

Take notice Trump. This is what a true patriot is.

While the current Muslim ban does not include Afghanistan, we all know that it very well could in short order. Former Army Ranger Capt. Matthew Ball, who returned from Afghanistan a few years ago, didn’t forget a young man named Qismat Amin who had risked his life along side Capt. Ball—and continued to risk his life—to help the United States Army as an interpreter.

Mr Amin reportedly went into hiding after receiving death threats from the Taliban for working with American troops.

His visa arrived two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the US refugee programme and temporarily banning immigration from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.


Amin flew into San Francisco International Airport yesterday as Capt. Ball bought Amin a ticket and told him to get on a plane for fear the Bannon/Trump restrictions could quickly be extended.

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