TEXT: "Mohammed Hossein Qalandari, known as ""Elvis,"" worked as a translator with American forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2010. Facing threats from the Taliban for his work, he applied for asylum in the U.S., but his application was denied. He traveled from Afghanistan, through Iran to Turkey, then by boat to Greece, and on to Germany, where he is applying for asylum. ""The U.S. threw me away like trash,"" he said, as he was helping other refugees outside the Moria transit center."