America’s misadventure in Afghanistan is over. The last troops were airlifted out, but many more people were left behind. “We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out,” said Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command in Washington after the last planes left. Some are people who worked with U.S. troops as interpreters, or in other ways. There are still be some American citizens in Afghanistan for one reason or another.

The Taliban, now in control of the country, will not be allowing any more airlifts, but the U.S. government will still be working through other channels to bring more people safely out.

So far, more than 100,000 people were evacuated out of Afghanistan, many of them Afghani citizens who need new homes. We owe them that much.

It is disturbing to hear some nativist politicians wondering why America has to absorb all these refugees, or insinuating that terrorist moles may be sneaking their way into the country. That’s no way to treat our allies.

After the Vietnam War ended in much the same way that the Afghanistan War has ended, hundreds of thousands of Hmong tribespeople, who had fought with us against the Viet Cong, made their way to the U.S., some of them making their way for years through refugee camps. Through the years Hmong American have proven to be solid, productive citizens. This one of them, Sunisa Lee, brought home gold from the Tokyo Olympics.

After the disruption we have created in Afghanistan, we owe the Afghan refugees the same welcome. It’s only right.