“I was able to bring my family and myself to safety here in the US because of the Special Immigration Visa, but there are still thousands just like me,” Hemat said in a news conference Friday afternoon hosted by Mayor Justin Elicker, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services Executive Director Chris George, who all urged the Biden administration to speed up the process for admitting interpreters, drivers and refugees who helped US troops overseas.
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