The United States should let Kurds immigrate The United States has a duty to protect its allies after withdrawing from a war zone, writes Philip Caruso in The Times. Mr. Trump’s rhetorical posturing against military engagement in the Middle East has coincided with the hollowing out of the United States’ refugee program, whose cap Mr. Trump slashed this year to 18,000 people, down from 110,000 in 2016. “The moral imperative to extricate loyal friends from our conflicts,” Mr. Caruso writes, “is in danger of being ignored in favor of curbing immigration at home — an ethical disaster.” He adds: These problems must be fixed. If the administration won’t act, Congress can. It can allow more foreign nationals to relocate to America, perhaps eliminating any cap. … Above all, Congress should expand the special immigrant program to address the worst-case scenarios of hasty withdrawal from war zones abroad. This is a solution that Shikha Dalmia also proposes in the libertarian outlet Reason. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have lost an estimated 11,000 lives in the fight against ISIS, she writes, and to let them now be slaughtered by Turkey “is beyond heinous”: America could safeguard Kurdish lives by offering them a…