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Feel harassed time, as well as an idea of how many have landed. they are part of a first tranche of 750 interpreters and their families, taking 2500 people who are at the most advanced stage of the application process. they will be taken to virginia for the final steps of the process. another 4000 interpreters are expected to be taken to us military bases abroad or save bad countries. kuwait had been one of the places muted as a temporary residence for interpreters. 0ther temporary residence for...

Esse essential to americas efforts. sarah payne that served described the war time comr comradery. >> im grateful to anyone that sat in the trenches with me fully knowing the hazards that we face that more than likely one of us would die and the interpreter was there with us and i owe them as duty as much as any soldier i was with. >> reporter: of the 20,000 afghans in the siv pipeline, about 10,000 of them have just begun the application process. according to the state department, applications ...

Yard. all our materials burned by them. >> they burned your house? >> yeah. they burned my house. >> reporter: now, there are about 20,000 afghan interpreters who applied for these special immigrant visas to the united states. the 200 of those and their families members arriving today are in the final stages of that application process. so, all that they have to do here at ft. lee is to go through medical screenings and then they will be relocated to cities across the united states. but there ar...

Because i hear from them about it all the time. the story of -- the question of what will happen to the afghans who worked as translators, who risked their lives to serve along side and help u.s. forces during that 20-yearlong war. today news, the hopes for those translators got a big boost in large part thanks to veterans who are currently serving in congress. retired army ranger and democratic congressman jason crow, he served three tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. well, today the house ...

Today news, the hopes for those translators got a big boost in large part thanks to veterans who are currently serving in congress. retired army ranger and democratic congressman jason crow, he served three tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. well, today the house voted on a bill of his that would increase the number of these special visas for these translators from 11,000, which is the number thats available now, to 19,000. it would also cut down on some of the bureaucratic hurdles on who ca...

Application process and having fully trained afterwords is going to take 2 or 3 years to get to the number we are looking for so thats another issue we are having. also you see the damage from the city council, the legislation passed in the hiring freeze, for years, bad decisions by city council. >> most people expected crime to rise as a result of the funding police, why didnt elected leaders in dc see what basically most people in america saw would happen? >> that is a question. i believe the ...

Kuwait while they wait. the people that would be going to the u.s. military balss in qatar and kuwait should be finalized are in addition to the 2500 applicants and family members scheduled to be flown from kabul to the united states to ft. lee, a military base in virginia, while they do the final medical checks and paper work. this is just for a couple days while they complete the final step of their process and they will be relocated and resettled in the united states. the people going to qata...

Served in the u.s. army during world war ii. they met and fell in love after the war. she needs for documents to apply for desperately needed spousal benefits from the va she lives below the poverty line on just under $1,000 a month. that application process could take another two years. >> its very stressful. at times i cannot sleep thinking. why is this so hard? something that belongs to me. >> i wish we could try to do something expedited. >> she has been waiting for a year, her request on a ...

Door to door vaccine push. but door to door campaigns only work when there is someone home. experts warning that we could see a wave of evictions when the cdc eviction moratorium ends. i want to bring in the programs now becoming available to help some of those people. >> you remember that congress passed more than $45 billion in rent assistance. but states have trouble getting that money to renters. the application process is lengthy and con vusing. renters can stay in their homes, landlords ca...

Little bit of a process but it can get done. >> as far as that process, is there anything that you think that would make the process go quicker or cheaper, if theres one thing that you could recommend that you went through with your experience, what would that be to make it easier for people to come to america? >> i mean, for me the whole -- the whole application process was -- i wanted to have it done the proper way, so i hired a lawyer. now, if youre smart enough and youre able to do it yourse...