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URGENT: Refugee Allies in DFW Facing Homelessness
Meet Amina (name changed for privacy), a sweet five-year-old Afghan girl, clutching her doll as she sits in an empty apartment. Her father, a former security guard for the U.S. government in Afghanistan, risked everything to protect American lives. Because of that service, he has spent the last three years in hiding from the Taliban. When his family was finally promised refuge in the U.S., they thought they were safe.
But just days before their flight, the Trump administration froze all funding for Afghan arrivals. Their plane tickets were canceled. Desperate, they begged relatives for money to make it here before their Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) expired. After everything they had sacrificed for our country, they arrived with nothing—no caseworker, no housing assistance, no food, no Medicaid, no jobs, no ESL classes, and no way to navigate the system.
They are legal immigrants who earned the right to be here. Yet instead of a fresh start, they were abandoned. And they’re not alone—nearly 100 Afghan refugee families in the DFW area are on the verge of eviction. These are men and women who stood with America, risking their lives for our safety. Now, they’re facing homelessness, through no fault of their own.
I’m Allison, and I never imagined I’d be leading a relief effort for Afghan refugees. But one night, I stumbled across a social media video that changed everything. It was posted by DFW Refugee Outreach Services, a non-profit group in Dallas that has been supporting refugees for years.
It was of a young Afghan woman, alone in a bare apartment, struggling to survive. She has a biology degree and taught science to children. She is a black belt in Taekwondo and is proud of her accomplishments. Her favorite color is light blue. She wants to pursue her Masters in biology. She is a daughter, a sister, a friend. She is one of us. And she escaped in the middle of the night with a team of rescuers determined to save her from being forced into a marriage with the Taliban. Her father, a police officer who worked for the Americans, is still in hiding. She is one of many who were abandoned.
She survived for ten days on a pack of cookies and water before she found someone to help her.
You can read more about her here: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/02/25/dfw-refugee-outreach-services-trump-immigration-afghanistan/
After seeing her story I knew I had to do something. I had no idea where to start or how, but I HAD to do SOMETHING.
WHO WE ARE:
We are a team of 60+ volunteers (and counting), and we’ve been working around the clock to keep these families afloat.
WHAT WE ARE DOING:
We’re raising money for rent, helping them obtain Social Security cards and Medicaid, furnishing their apartments, and providing food. We’re recruiting dentists to fix their cavities and students to teach them English, food co-ops to feed them fresh produce and neighbors to donate bicycles, and volunteers to spend the hours and days it takes to establish services they need. We are doing everything we can to help these beautiful people.
URGENT NEED:
March rent is due NOW, and the need is overwhelming.
This is a humanitarian crisis. We cannot let these families, who sacrificed so much for us, slip through the cracks. They deserve better. They kept their promise to America. Now, it’s time for America to keep ours.
Please, give what you can. Every dollar goes directly to rent, food, and essentials to keep these families afloat. Let’s show them that America does not forget its allies.
Thank you for standing with them. Thank you for giving. These are real people who are suffering. We are part of their community, and they have deserve our support.
I took this photo of Amina after bringing her a doll. And have been with her family many times in the last few weeks. Please help them.
JOIN US:
You likely received this from someone who is connected to me. Reach out to whoever sent you this if you want to join our efforts in DFW in person.
Donate now to keep these families in their homes.
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