Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has publicly condemned the ICE arrest of an Afghan national who served as an interpreter for American troops.
“This should anger every American,” Griffin posted on X in response to the story.
Footage of the arrest shows the man, who worked alongside the U.S. Army in one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous regions, being handcuffed by masked immigration agents as he exited a courtroom immediately after his asylum hearing in San Diego.
The interpreter, whose identity is being withheld by his attorney over fears of Taliban retaliation, had legally entered the U.S. through the CBP One app following the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. He had applied for a Special Immigrant Visa and was awaiting a follow-up court date when the arrest occurred.
“I came here to make a better life,” he can be heard saying in video of the incident. “I didn’t know that this would happen… I worked with the U.S. military.”
His lawyer, Brian McGoldrick, said the move was not only inhumane, but politically baffling: the man’s brother was granted asylum just last month in Texas.
“What is the government doing?” McGoldrick asked, “That one brother is being granted asylum and the other has to be treated like a criminal?”
ICE has declined to comment on the arrest.
