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Afghan special forces commando seeking asylum gets caught in broken US immigration system
Abdul Wasi Safi was trained by the US military to be an elite special forces commando in Afghanistan and was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Abdul Wasi Safi was trained by the U.S. military to be an elite special forces commando in Afghanistan. When Kabul fell, Wasi was still fighting the Taliban in the north. On Aug. 30, 2021, when the last U.S. plane left Kabul, Wasi went into hiding, moving from safe house to safe house arranged by U.S. veterans who helped him get to Pakistan. He hoped to receive a special immigrant visa and to legally move to the U.S.
The Taliban had his biometric data, left behind by the U.S. government, and they were hunting him. Now, Wasi sits in a Texas prison facing deportation to Kabul and certain death, a poster child for America's broken asylum system.
"I was in a special force commando unit with the U.S. military," Wasi told Fox News in a phone interview from Eden Detention Center in Texas. "I wanted to come to the United States. I don't select another country to help me because I was with them. But I come here, and they put me in jail."
He described a year-long treacherous journey across two continents. After receiving a visa to Brazil, he soon realized Afghans were viewed as terrorists in Latin America. So, he began making his way to the U.S. border. He made his way on foot and by bus through 10 countries and was robbed, tortured and beaten. He shared with Fox News some of the videos he took crossing the Darien Gap near Panama, a dangerous crossing. He received treatment along the way that he expected from the Taliban.
"Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. I cross all that distance to come to United States because I was thinking and hoping the American government that they will help me," Wasi told Fox.
Instead, he was arrested at the border trying to cross the Rio Grande.
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Abdul Wasi Safi was trained by the U.S. military to be an elite special forces commando in Afghanistan. When Kabul fell, Wasi was still fighting the Taliban in the north. On Aug. 30, 2021, when the last U.S. plane left Kabul, Wasi went into hiding, moving from safe house to safe house arranged by U.S. veterans who helped him get to Pakistan. He hoped to receive a special immigrant visa and to legally move to the U.S.
The Taliban had his biometric data, left behind by the U.S. government, and they were hunting him. Now, Wasi sits in a Texas prison facing deportation to Kabul and certain death, a poster child for America's broken asylum system.
"I was in a special force commando unit with the U.S. military," Wasi told Fox News in a phone interview from Eden Detention Center in Texas. "I wanted to come to the United States. I don't select another country to help me because I was with them. But I come here, and they put me in jail."
He described a year-long treacherous journey across two continents. After receiving a visa to Brazil, he soon realized Afghans were viewed as terrorists in Latin America. So, he began making his way to the U.S. border. He made his way on foot and by bus through 10 countries and was robbed, tortured and beaten. He shared with Fox News some of the videos he took crossing the Darien Gap near Panama, a dangerous crossing. He received treatment along the way that he expected from the Taliban.
"Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. I cross all that distance to come to United States because I was thinking and hoping the American government that they will help me," Wasi told Fox.
Instead, he was arrested at the border trying to cross the Rio Grande.
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Frivolous lawsuits...
I'm reading the latest news on Kari Lake's Maricopa County election lawsuit. Weeks ago I planned to blog about the election and other things captured my attention. It was a close race, but Kari lost, refused to concede and claims we don't have honest elections, yet her attorney was unable to provide evidence to back up her suit in court.
It doesn't matter what she Tweets or says to reporters. While she believes she won the election, she and her attorney(s) were unable to convince the court.
Always I go to the comments about the articles I've read to get the readers opinions.
For example, lawyers who knowingly bring up frivolous lawsuits with no evidence or substantiating facts as well as their clients should make restitution to the state, county or township where the tax dollars (and court dates) were wasted.
I'm okay with that concept. It would be a viable means to reduce frivolous lawsuits.
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A comment from another news story said Kari Lake would be perfect for Trump's running mate in 2024.
It doesn't matter what she Tweets or says to reporters. While she believes she won the election, she and her attorney(s) were unable to convince the court.
Always I go to the comments about the articles I've read to get the readers opinions.
For example, lawyers who knowingly bring up frivolous lawsuits with no evidence or substantiating facts as well as their clients should make restitution to the state, county or township where the tax dollars (and court dates) were wasted.
I'm okay with that concept. It would be a viable means to reduce frivolous lawsuits.
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A comment from another news story said Kari Lake would be perfect for Trump's running mate in 2024.
Trump lied about his taxes. Suprise! Suprise!Suprisel
Trump lies about his audits. He was not audited but other Presidents were. Who was behind that?
He also used the IRS to audit people he didn't like.
He also used the IRS to audit people he didn't like.
R.I.P. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 - Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, died on Saturday aged 95 in a secluded monastery in the Vatican where he had lived since stepping down, a spokesman for the Holy See said.
A theological and spiritual giant to many, Benedict's reflections on the Catholic Church are a roadmap for many seeking to keep the nearly 2,000-year-old institution on the correct path.
Benedict's work is best understood as a long career seeking to guide the Church through uncharted territory. He began his priesthood in the aftermath of two world wars and amid technological, political and s*xual revolutions that threatened to overwhelm religion.
Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger, was a framer of the Second Vatican Council (also known as Vatican II), which began in 1962 and ended in 1965. The council established no new dogmas but attempted to update spiritual disciplines, aesthetics and styles of worship for the modern, globalized Church.
"To me, the key to Benedict is Vatican II," Bishop Robert Barron of Word on Fire Ministries told Fox News Digital. "He's a man of the council. He was at the council. He helped to write a lot of these major documents. He helped to explain it to the wider world."
Changes at Vatican II included dropping the requirement for Masses to be said in Latin, a greater emphasis on church community, and modification of the liturgy to allow greater participation from the pews.
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A theological and spiritual giant to many, Benedict's reflections on the Catholic Church are a roadmap for many seeking to keep the nearly 2,000-year-old institution on the correct path.
Benedict's work is best understood as a long career seeking to guide the Church through uncharted territory. He began his priesthood in the aftermath of two world wars and amid technological, political and s*xual revolutions that threatened to overwhelm religion.
Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger, was a framer of the Second Vatican Council (also known as Vatican II), which began in 1962 and ended in 1965. The council established no new dogmas but attempted to update spiritual disciplines, aesthetics and styles of worship for the modern, globalized Church.
"To me, the key to Benedict is Vatican II," Bishop Robert Barron of Word on Fire Ministries told Fox News Digital. "He's a man of the council. He was at the council. He helped to write a lot of these major documents. He helped to explain it to the wider world."
Changes at Vatican II included dropping the requirement for Masses to be said in Latin, a greater emphasis on church community, and modification of the liturgy to allow greater participation from the pews.
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Baba Wawa...
TV Journalist Barbara Walters has died at the age of 93.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, her list of accomplishments is a mile long.
She joined ABC News in 1976, becoming the first female anchor on an evening news program. Three years later, she became a co-host of "20/20," and in 1997, she launched "The View."
Her final appearance as a co-host of "The View" in 2014, but remained an executive producer of the show and continued to do some interviews and specials for ABC News.
Who can forget Gilder Radner's Saturday Night Live comedy skits with her as Baba Wawa.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, her list of accomplishments is a mile long.
She joined ABC News in 1976, becoming the first female anchor on an evening news program. Three years later, she became a co-host of "20/20," and in 1997, she launched "The View."
Her final appearance as a co-host of "The View" in 2014, but remained an executive producer of the show and continued to do some interviews and specials for ABC News.
Who can forget Gilder Radner's Saturday Night Live comedy skits with her as Baba Wawa.
R.I.P. Pele
Pelé, who rose from a Brazilian slum to become the world’s greatest soccer player, dies at 82.
Pelé, the soccer player who rose from an impoverished Brazilian slum to become the most famous and, for a time, the best-paid athlete in the world during a spectacular career that produced more World Cup titles and more breathtaking moments than any other, has died at the age of 82, according to the Associated Press.
Never far from the game he so loved, Pelé died of complications from cancer at a hospital in São Paulo on Thursday.
Pelé, who had a tumor removed from his colon in 2021, had been hospitalized since the end of November for care related to colon cancer.
With his sharp passing, daring runs and blistering shots on goal, which he could take with either foot, Pelé utterly transformed soccer during a 21-year career in which he scored an unprecedented 1,281 goals, although more than 500 of those came in “unofficial” matches on barnstorming tours popular during Pelé's early playing days. As a result, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo‘s 819 goals is considered the all-time record, ahead of Pelé's 757.
But numbers alone couldn’t define Pelé’s magic, which was so special that African armies on both sides of a bloody civil war in Nigeria agreed to a two-day truce so that soldiers could watch him play. The Shah of Iran once waited three hours at an airport just to speak with him, the Secret Service let him bounce a ball off President Ford’s head, and a survey in the waning days of his playing career showed that Coca-Cola was the only brand more popular than Pelé in Europe.
“Pelé is the greatest player in football history,” Ronaldo said. “And there will only be one Pelé.”
“Pelé,” said Dutch star Johan Cruyff, a legend in his own right, “was the only footballer who surpassed the boundaries of logic.”
Pelé, the soccer player who rose from an impoverished Brazilian slum to become the most famous and, for a time, the best-paid athlete in the world during a spectacular career that produced more World Cup titles and more breathtaking moments than any other, has died at the age of 82, according to the Associated Press.
Never far from the game he so loved, Pelé died of complications from cancer at a hospital in São Paulo on Thursday.
Pelé, who had a tumor removed from his colon in 2021, had been hospitalized since the end of November for care related to colon cancer.
With his sharp passing, daring runs and blistering shots on goal, which he could take with either foot, Pelé utterly transformed soccer during a 21-year career in which he scored an unprecedented 1,281 goals, although more than 500 of those came in “unofficial” matches on barnstorming tours popular during Pelé's early playing days. As a result, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo‘s 819 goals is considered the all-time record, ahead of Pelé's 757.
But numbers alone couldn’t define Pelé’s magic, which was so special that African armies on both sides of a bloody civil war in Nigeria agreed to a two-day truce so that soldiers could watch him play. The Shah of Iran once waited three hours at an airport just to speak with him, the Secret Service let him bounce a ball off President Ford’s head, and a survey in the waning days of his playing career showed that Coca-Cola was the only brand more popular than Pelé in Europe.
“Pelé is the greatest player in football history,” Ronaldo said. “And there will only be one Pelé.”
“Pelé,” said Dutch star Johan Cruyff, a legend in his own right, “was the only footballer who surpassed the boundaries of logic.”
Just sending a little 'warmth' your way....
I've heard and read about how cold things are for many on here, so here's a little warmth (for your heart, at least
). Blessings!
). Blessings!
Trump makes the news again!!!!
Trump Organization found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud!!!!!!
When you borrow money, grossly over value all your assets and income.
When you sell your assets grossly underestimate your sales revenue tor the IRS .
Send all the cash in luggage cases to the Cayman Islands.
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When you borrow money, grossly over value all your assets and income.
When you sell your assets grossly underestimate your sales revenue tor the IRS .
Send all the cash in luggage cases to the Cayman Islands.
You'll be a billionaire in no time!
Read all the "HOW TO DO IT!" in my in the works new book HOW TO DO IT! Reserve your copy now! Only 100$!
Tiktok banned on all new USA phones
Don't know if this is true but apparently Tiktok will be banned on all USA cell phones because the government reckons its a Trojan horse for China.
Wow.
To be honest I have watched many live videos on tiktok and always found them to be interesting and fun.
Anyone know the facts about this development?
Wow.
To be honest I have watched many live videos on tiktok and always found them to be interesting and fun.
Anyone know the facts about this development?
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Hurdy Gurdy...
I cleared my cache file of a few hundred YouTube videos and started out fresh. From a bookmark link about Irish whistles, I found a link to a Hurdy Gurdy demonstration. Oh yeah... Hurdy Gurdy, I know the name from the 1968 Donovan song and I've seen photos, but I don't recall actually researching the instrument.
In short, it's a stringed instrument of French origin dating back to medieval times. A quick description is a few strings, a crank that turns a wheel with felt on it that rubs the strings and with keys that play the notes.
The Hurdy Gurdy makes a violin-like sound but the wheel (unlike a violin bow) is continuous and you can play several notes at the same time. It also has other strings like drones that resonate. I'm surprised with an instrument so unique there aren't a large group of players.
In short, it's a stringed instrument of French origin dating back to medieval times. A quick description is a few strings, a crank that turns a wheel with felt on it that rubs the strings and with keys that play the notes.
The Hurdy Gurdy makes a violin-like sound but the wheel (unlike a violin bow) is continuous and you can play several notes at the same time. It also has other strings like drones that resonate. I'm surprised with an instrument so unique there aren't a large group of players.
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