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At them every now and then. back out here live talking about criminal aliens apprehended. del rio sector five hours north of us reporting in one week alone they apprehended 10 sex offenders. remarkable numbers there. concerning numbers. >> bill: sure is concerning in a big way. 700 already today and it is only :30 in the morning where you are. bill, thank you. mission texas. >> dana: the u.s. militarys top officer says plans are in the work to evaluate thousands of interpreters from afghanistan ...

Across saying there being incentivized by the biden ministration. >> heartbreaking to see those continuous images of children making that dangerous journey and also our thanks to bill who has been doing some fantastic reporting down there from the border for as. tele- band fighters are once again sweeping through afghanistan attacking outposts and bases and winning territory as the u.s. begins to withdrawa its final troops by september 11th. the joint chiefs has the u.s. i now racing to develop ...

And we are out. there will be no more tomorrow for us. >> now, retired u.s. army colonel steve misko is executive director of first amendment voice. he spent 25 years in the military. hes been a passionate advocate for getting translators out of iraq and afghanistan and has written a book about it, "baghdad underground railroad," which was published this month. and full disclosure, i embedded with the colonel and his troops in iraq in 2007. so we do know each other from there. good to see you, s...

Their families what they did because they didnt want the families to inadvertently slip. they had to live their lives like in a james bond movie where they would take two taxis across baghdad hoping to shake a tail. this is -- that was the impetus for me writing the book, was to tell their stories. and of the dozens i helped get out, six of them enlisted in the u.s. army or marines and then deployed back as combat linguists. >> yeah. extraordinary people. in afghanistan i know the taliban would ...

Abandon these people, and who will want to help the americans elsewhere? >> exactly. its absolutely a moral imperative. but make no mistake, its a national security issue with real interests. its not mother theresa foreign policy. i mean, there are servicemen and women in harms way right now in conflict zones standing next to interpreters. theyre watching whats happening in afghanistan, and were undermining those relationships, putting them at risk. youve got counterterrorism investigations goin...

Poor interpreting having impact on patients, victims of crime and those seeking asylum Mary Phelan writes that lack of accredited training and poor service are having huge consequences and must be addressed by the State. By Mary Phelan Saturday 24 Apr 2021, 7:01 PM 2 hours ago 3,413 Views 0 Comments Mary...

The announcement of the US and Nato military withdrawal from Afghanistan later this year has elicited many responses, not least expressions of concern about the plight of interpreters and other local staff employed by western military forces. These concerns are not new but now have renewed urgency. The release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in 2020 as part of a US-brokered peace deal has already exacerbated fears about the insecure future of local Afghan staff. The United Nations High Commissioner...

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