Some Afghans told to attend government check-ins on Christmas, New Year's Day

Some Afghan allies in the United States have been instructed to attend in-person immigration check-ins on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Advocacy groups fear this is a deliberate tactic by the Trump administration to arrest and detain them for deportation while legal counsel and courts are unavailable. These Afghans, who assisted U.S. personnel during the war, remain in a precarious legal limbo without a durable status. The move is viewed as an attempt to generate fear and reduce access to due process protections for a vulnerable population.