We hope everyone had a restful and meaningful Memorial Day weekend.  

In his piece for The xxxxxx, military veteran Will Selber takes us through several of his walks with his friend Lt. Gen. Haibatullah Alizai, the final commander of the Afghan National Army, around American memorials to those lost in war.  

Selber asks that we remember the Afghan nationals who saved American lives over the course of 20 years and reflects on the betrayal so many Afghans feel now that the federal government is ending Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for certain Afghans in the U.S. (8,245 people, per the count we shared).  

Many veterans are disappointed and angry at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) decision to end TPS for Afghans, report Abigail Hauslohner and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux of The Washington Post.  

Veterans and other advocates say that despite DHS’s reassurance, many Afghans who fought alongside the United States will face retaliation for their work if sent back to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.  

"These are people whose only ‘crime’ is having lived, learned or worked in the United States. And now, with TPS terminated and no viable pathway forward, they face an impossible choice: return to persecution or risk deportation from the very country they trusted," said Shawn VanDiver, president and board chairman of #AfghanEvac.  

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Dan Gordon, the Forum’s VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Broc Murphy, Clara Villatoro and Becka Wall. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected]. 

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