1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

AFGHAN ALLIES MUST NOT BE ABANDONED AFTER SERVING THE UNITED STATES As your constituent, I urge you to speak out immediately against the administration’s effective freeze of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program. AfghanEvac reports that no Afghan Special Immigrant Visas have been issued in 2026 to applicants traveling on Afghan passports, even though more than 23,000 approved applicants remain in processing and nearly 6,000 authorized visas remain available. CONGRESS MUST NOT ALLOW AN END RUN AROUND ITS LAW Congress created the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program because Afghan interpreters, drivers, guards, contractors, and other partners risked their lives helping American forces. The executive branch should not defeat that law by freezing implementation while pretending the program still exists. A visa program that exists on paper but produces no visas is not faithful execution of the law. It is a practical nullification of Congress’s will. Congress has both the authority and the responsibility to stop it. THIS POLICY REQUIRES PUBLIC OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATION AfghanEvac describes the program as effectively frozen, with refugee pathways banned, family reunification stopped, and humanitarian protections destroyed. It also reports that applicants continue to be scheduled for interviews even though the government knows visas will be denied under executive actions. That is especially troubling because these applicants often make dangerous, expensive, and life-disrupting decisions in reliance on the United States. They deserve honest notice, fair processing, and a real chance to receive the visas Congress authorized. AMERICA’S CREDIBILITY DEPENDS ON KEEPING FAITH WITH WARTIME ALLIES This issue is not ordinary immigration politics. It is about whether the United States keeps faith with people who helped our troops, diplomats, intelligence personnel, and aid workers in a war zone. If America abandons these allies now, future partners will remember it. In the next conflict or crisis, people asked to help the United States may reasonably wonder whether our promises will survive a change in administration. CONGRESS MUST ACT NOW I urge you to: (1) Speak publicly against this policy and identify it as a breach of America’s commitment to Afghan allies. (2) Hold oversight hearings and require testimony from State Department and administration officials responsible for the freeze. (3) Request documents, data, and testimony showing how many Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants are being delayed, denied, or scheduled for interviews despite predetermined denials. (4) Require the administration to give applicants clear written notice of any policy that makes approval impossible, instead of allowing them to proceed through a process whose outcome appears to have been already decided. (5) Pass legislation counteracting this policy so approved Afghan allies can receive the visas Congress authorized. Thank you.