Kazim Abdullahi was recently exploring career opportunities with U.S. military forces overseas.

It’s a field in which he has experience: Abdullahi spent five years as an interpreter embedded with U.S. troops at the height of the conflict in his birth country of Afghanistan.

But despite the inherent dangers of his work and his loyalty to the United States, he’s now nervous about working abroad as Afghan refugees are being subjected to a crackdown following the recent shooting of two National Guard members in Washington , D.C.

Abdullahi said he has halted his plans and ambitions for that line of work since he’s not sure what his return to American soil would look like, despite establishing his citizenship years ago.

“What if I go there, work with the Army, and came back and got arrested

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