years, but unfortunately, i don t have the documentation because they denied my case. carley: this is documentation issue that he did in fact work for the u.s. government for more than a year, that is the cutoff you have to work for the u.s. government to get siv, it is not documented, fill in the holes there. correct, we do have a letter from a second contractor, however, some force says that zach worked with were other government agencies and special forces, we ve had a hard time verifying with supervisors, the types of people zach was being interpreter for are not the type of people that leave a business card, we had a hard time establishing that line of
carley: a former afghan interpreter is facing deation after his visa was denied by the white house. shuman wants to help the man and help zach s family escape taliban control. he thought he found safety for his wife and five children in america, zach s future remains uncertain again. marine major tom shuman joins me now. major shuman, thank you for joining us. we are hoping to get zach up and running. i have 100 questions for you. 2010, you re in afghanistan, zach is your interpreter, you say he saved your life several
to work together with them because my country and also both nations, forces, use afghan people, so for the future of my country and for the mission of the united states, so that is why i accept the risk. carley: you accepted the risk to help the future of your country and major shuman, august of last year, the united states withdrawing from afghanistan and you are laser focused on getting zach and his family out of afghanistan. you knew if they stayed, it would be a death sentence, right? zach said, my family and i will be executed. carley: zach, what was going
through your head as the u.s. forces were withdrawing and you knew this could be a death sentence for you? that must be terrifying, you have five children. yeah, when the u.s. planned to get out of the country, before that i, i got risk, i was threatened by the enemy to they are going to kill me so i was hopeless, my life, my family, so very, very i didn t see a situation like that before in my whole life. carley: wow. everything, i just all the time. carley: zach, this back story is important, your special visa
communication. paperwork is there, just not being accepted at this time. carley: zach, if you are deported back to afghanistan, what does that mean for you? that means just lost my whole family and my life. that s it. the enemy is in the control and they are going to be killing us, that s it. carley: this is so hugely important, your life is on the line here and special immigrant visas are intended for afghans that help the u.s. government and that is what you did and the fact you are facing this level of uncertainty is unbelievable, you do not deserve this. thank you for doing what you did