Sometimes in jest, you might hear someone make a suggestion that people go to Mexico and walk across the U.S.-Mexican border, rather than jump through the excruciating legal hoops required for an American citizen to get a new spouse from overseas his or her green card or a relative being able to reunite with loved ones on our shores. You get the idea.

Unfortunately, that situation is no laughing matter for Ahmad Majeed, a soldier from Afghanistan who helped U.S. troops stationed in his country and has a sister (who also fled their country) living in Phoenix, Arizona. Reporter Stephanie Bennett of the local Fox affiliate, KSAZ-TV, exclusively broke the story of the Arizona family’s harrowing (and also maddening) ordeal, when the brother tried to secure a safe escape from the Taliban:

The situation became so dire that his last resort was to head to South America and make the dangerous journey to illegally cross through the U.S.-Mexico border. […]

Majeed is an intelligence officer for the Afghan National Army Military Air Brigade. He fled, fearing the Taliban would kill him because he had provided information to the U.S. military while also protecting, defending and working alongside American soldiers.

For more than a year, he said he hid underground and in the mountains applying for emergency visas to several countries, including the U.S.

But the Biden Administration gave Majeed the cold shoulder. Instead, he got help from Brazil, he told Bennett and KSAZ-TV while he was still in ICE custody:

“I didn’t do any crime. I just saved my life to come here,” Majeed previously said. “I did a lot of emails. The only country that replied, it was Brazil, so I don’t have any other option, so that is why I went to Brazil …”

From South America, Majeed made the arduous and dangerous trek to the U.S.-Mexico border—and he had to sneak across into Texas, like an illegal alien. He says he “surrendered himself to border patrol agents. Majeed hoped that since he worked with the U.S., they would take care of him.”

Once again, he didn’t receive the care he should have expected from the Biden Department of Homeland Security:

“So I got everything when I come first to America. When I entered from Eagle Pass I had all my original documents to prove that I am an army officer,” he said.

Despite having his papers in order, Majeed said he was promptly thrown into detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—and held for months. It’s unclear what the charge was against him, but he says it was a misdemeanor and he pled guilty.

As I mentioned, Majeed previously talked with KSAZ-TV while he was still being held in Texas. In that interview, he explained he wasn’t traveling alone. I think it says a lot about the man’s character that he thanks God for his friend Abdul’s good fortune in his dealings with ICE—as he remained in custody:

He says his friend and fellow Afghan officer, Abdul Wasi Safi, traveled with him from Afghanistan.

“He crossed with another officer, same day, same time. The officer who traveled with him was from the same country, same exact background and same exact charges however this officer, thanks to God, he was released about a month and a half ago or so. He was released, and his charges were dropped,” Correa said.

My colleague Streiff shared a maddening story in a piece earlier on Friday, which relates to this one—and I suggest you dive into it feet first. It’s illuminating on how this Administration really feels about our military branches and those who act in supporting roles for them (see Joe Biden and Merrick Garland Throw US Military Contractors to the Wolves). They truly don’t even try to keep it hidden from the American people anymore.

Join me in praying that God continues to bless this family and keeps them safe—both from terrorists and our current federal authoritarians in power.

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You can watch Majeed (and his sister Nataly) talk about their family’s story below, courtesy of Fox 10 Phoenix: