Refuge for those who have risked much.

NEW!  (6/2/2008)   Senator Gordon Smith's speech commending The Checkpoint One Foundation and encouraging a more rapid processing timeline for SIV applicants (click HERE) (Right-hand column, continuing on next page of document)

NEW!   (5/14/2008)  CPOF in The New York Times  Officers BattleVisa Hurdles for Iraqi Aides by Conrad Mulcahy  (Click HERE)

NEW!  (5/7/2008)  CPOF in The Christian Science Monitor  - A soldier's quest to save Iraqi, Afghan Interpreters by Jill Carroll (Click HERE)

NEW! (4/28/2008)  CPOF on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer  (Click HERE to view transcript - once there, click on "streaming video" to watch the entire video segment)

More success!  CPOF brings another Iraqi family of four to the U.S.! (3/9/2008)

Safety for another Iraqi family! CPOF lands a family of five 01/22/2008! (Click Here)

CPOF IN THE NEWS AGAIN...

Seattle Times, 3/19/2008 (Click HERE)

Why we do this...

'Betrayed - The Iraqis who trusted America the most'  - A Chilling Article by George Packer (Click Here)

Not Open for Interpretation  (Current.com)- "Houzan's" Story (Click Here)

What We Do

The Checkpoint One Foundation is a not-for-profit organization benefitting the courageous citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan who have voluntarily assumed great risk to life and limb by assisting United States Armed Forces in combat theaters of operation.  The Foundation provides temporary financial assistance to individuals and their families to help defray the costs associated with immigration applications and travel to both consular interviews and to the United States.  Once immigration has been approved by the United States Government, the Foundation also provides temporary housing and living expenses as well as employment search assistance. 

Please see our "What's in a name" section (below) to find out why our Foundation is so-named.

 What's In a Name?

"Checkpoint One" leading into and out of the International Zone in Baghdad (pictured above) is perhaps more commonly known as the "Assassin's Gate."  Since the fall of the Saddam Hussein Regime in 2003, multiple Iraqi interpreters and other Local Nationals have been summarily executed outside of this gate by insurgent elements as retribution for assisting American and Coalition Forces.

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