grant a U.S. visa to "Hafez". The translator for Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer during the Battle of Ganjgal.

Afghan translator known as “Hafez” charged into enemy fire to help Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer rescue wounded American soldiers during the Battle of Ganjgal. The former translator remains in Afghanistan under daily threat from the Taliban. U.S. and Afghan troops were ambushed by Taliban fighters on the outskirts of the village of Ganjgal, in the Kunar Province on Sept. 8, 2009. Meyer, Hafez, and other U.S. and Afghan allies pushed through enemy fire, rescuing wounded comrades. Meyer fought his way to the front zone in an effort to save a four-man team that had been pinned down by the fight. The men had been killed. Meyer carried their bodies to a safe location. Six Americans and eight Afghan allies were killed in the battle.