How churches should address immigration is showcased by recent help from United Methodist congregations for a former Afghan military translator and his family who fled to Northern Virginia to escape Taliban reprisals.
Fleeing Afghanistan after years of service to America “was the only choice that we had,” the Afghan translator explained to CBS Evening News. “We were the eyes and ears of coalition and American forces. We are left in a lurch and do not know where we’re going to go or what might happen to us tomorrow. … There were times when I felt like I would not survive this situation. I’m a proud man, and I want to work. I want to support my family. But there was no way to find a job.”
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