Many of our servicewomen and men in Iraq and Afghanistan have spoken about the brilliant, brave translators who helped them navigate their assignments every day. Some of those servicewomen and men now serve us in Congress. They’ve been working doggedly to get these translators safely to the United States because in many cases, they’re no longer safe in their native countries. They face violent retribution to themselves, and to their families, for the work they’ve done helping the American Armed Forces.

A couple of weeks ago I listened to a This American Life episode about it. As promised, it did not make me feel good about America.

We owe them and we are failing them. They saved our lives. We need to save theirs.