From Afghan interpreter to US homeless - until reaching the American dream
By Holly Honderich & Bernd Debusmann Jr
BBC News, Washington
image captionZia made it to the US with his family in 2014 after a six-year wait
Zia Ghafoori, his pregnant wife and their three small children landed in the United States from their home in Kabul in September 2014.
He held five US visas - a reward for 14 years of service as an interpreter with US Special Forces in Afghanistan.
But the benefits stopped there. Upon arrival, Zia found himself homeless - sent to a shelter by a well-meaning volunteer who told him it would be a place for him and his family to start a new life.
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