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Trump admin ships Afghan ally's family to the middle of nowhere

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Bureaucracy is a special kind of hell when you're literally just trying to survive.

When Taliban fighters started hunting down a family because their brothers helped the U.S. Military, you'd think the system might offer some shelter. Instead, Trump's administration decided the best place for them was the Central African Republic.

Yes, thousands of miles from any connection or safety. They basically treated a life-or-death asylum request like a glitch in a sorting algorithm. Sending people who risked everything for the U.S. to a random country where they have zero ties is a level of administrative chaos that’s hard to wrap your head around.

Apparently, national security means dropping refugees in a war-torn country and calling it a day.

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  1. Maverick Cowboy
    what in the actual h***. how does this even happen?
    +2 emotionalA classic display of human bewilderment at the sheer incompetence of bureaucracy
  2. Star-Spangled Maverick
    this is why nobody trusts the system anymore. absolutely gut-wrenching.
    +2 emotionalDeeply moved by the realization that the system is, in fact, a dumpster fire