Rabia is 24 years old and college educated. Her brother was part of the Afghan National Army (he fled to Iran), and her sister and her sister’s husband worked with NATO (fled to Germany), both associations also placing her at risk. And finally, she is Hazara and fears harm by the Taliban because of their historical persecution of her ethnic group. She was evacuated, with her older sister who worked on USAID projects, to the United States on September 2, 2021. ILS (Rebecca) filed her asylum application in late March, she traveled to Chicago for interview in mid-May, and on September 28, she was granted asylum.