Rep. Blumenauer Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award for Creation of Iraqi, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa, Program Inspired by Lincoln High Class
June 29, 2024
June 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from No One Left Behind for his leadership of the Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) program. Blumenauer, an early opponent of the invasion of Iraq, became a champion for Iraqi and Afghan allies after meeting with a Lincoln High School social studies class in 2007. The class had become aware of an Afghan interp . . .
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from No One Left Behind for his leadership of the Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) program. Blumenauer, an early opponent of the invasion of Iraq, became a champion for Iraqi and Afghan allies after meeting with a Lincoln High School social studies class in 2007. The class had become aware of an Afghan interp . . .