Tell Your Senators, Representative and President Biden: Grant Asylum to Afghan Refugees

As the humanitarian crisis escalates in Afghanistan, urge the U.S. government to grant asylum to Afghan refugees.

While supporting President Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, we must warn against engaging in an air war that would continue 20 years of destructive warfare on that country.

With one click below, send an email to your senators and representative as well as President Biden.

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As a constituent, I urge you to do what you can to grant asylum for Afghan refugees in the midst of the escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

I support the decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and I oppose any effort to prolong the air war on that country.

The U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan displaced over 3.2 million Afghans internally while at least 2.1 million Afghans have fled the country to Pakistan and Iran. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns that the Afghanistan war has taken a heavy toll on displaced women and children. The United States, a signatory to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees, is obligated to honor and protect those Afghans fleeing in fear of political and religious persecution.

I believe that, after inflicting so much suffering and death on Afghan people during the last two decades, the United States has a moral obligation to provide asylum.

Please keep me informed on what you do about this very important matter.

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Background:
>> Truthout: “Bernie Sanders, Barbara Lee Call for Opening U.S. to Refugees From Afghanistan”
>> Watson Institute, Brown University: “Costs of War”: Afghan Refugees