The effort is designed to show support for legal immigration of more Afghans who worked alongside American forces during the war overseas.
The executive order cited Afghanistan's poor vetting measures and a visa overstay rate as reasons for the ban.
More than a dozen senators said Congress needs to raise the limit on the number of special immigrant visas the U.S. can process for Afghans.
It's almost a year since Wasi said he turned himself in to border patrol agents to declare asylum but was charged with entering the U.S. illegally.
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