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Dec 16, 2014

HIAS Ecuador Shows Their Team Spirit

Dec 16, 2014

HIAS Ecuador Shows Their Team Spirit HIAS Ecuador Shows Their Team Spirit Dec 16, 2014 (HIAS) HIAS Ecuador staff take a break to show some team spirit during annual national training, which took place this past week in the Cumbaya Valley, east of Quito. 130 staffers from all nine cities where HIAS operates attended the event to receive training focused on […]

Dec 11, 2014

Meeting the Schooling Needs of Unaccompanied Central American Children

Dec 11, 2014

Meeting the Schooling Needs of Unaccompanied Central American Children Now that the Obama administration has taken action on immigration relief for millions of immigrants in the U.S., the President’s attention should turn to the more than 66,000 unaccompanied children—mostly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador—who were apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the past 12 months.

Dec 9, 2014

Protecting Refugee Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Dec 9, 2014

Protecting Refugee Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Now that the Obama administration has taken action on immigration relief for millions of immigrants in the U.S., the President’s attention should turn to the more than 66,000 unaccompanied children—mostly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador—who were apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the past 12 months.

Dec 8, 2014

HIAS 2014 Year-End Report

Dec 8, 2014

HIAS 2014 Year-End Report Now that the Obama administration has taken action on immigration relief for millions of immigrants in the U.S., the President’s attention should turn to the more than 66,000 unaccompanied children—mostly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador—who were apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the past 12 months.

Dec 8, 2014

Triple Jeopardy: Protecting At-Risk Refugee Survivors [Complete Report]

Dec 8, 2014

Triple Jeopardy: Protecting At-Risk Refugee Survivors [Complete Report] Now that the Obama administration has taken action on immigration relief for millions of immigrants in the U.S., the President’s attention should turn to the more than 66,000 unaccompanied children—mostly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador—who were apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the past 12 months.

Nov 30, 2014

Ensuring Due Process for Youth Running for their Lives

Nov 30, 2014

Ensuring Due Process for Youth Running for their Lives Ensuring Due Process for Youth Running for their Lives By Zhanna Veyts, HIAS.org Nov 30, 2014 Hiding under his baseball cap, staring at the floor, 16-year-old “Alfonso” barely spoke above a mumble as he answered questions from a HIAS lawyer. He looked like a typical teenager you’d see on the streets of New York, someone […]

Nov 25, 2014

HIAS Among Jewish Groups Supporting Obama Immigration Action

Nov 25, 2014

HIAS Among Jewish Groups Supporting Obama Immigration Action Ensuring Due Process for Youth Running for their Lives By Zhanna Veyts, HIAS.org Nov 30, 2014 Hiding under his baseball cap, staring at the floor, 16-year-old “Alfonso” barely spoke above a mumble as he answered questions from a HIAS lawyer. He looked like a typical teenager you’d see on the streets of New York, someone […]

Nov 20, 2014

HIAS Joins African Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence

Nov 20, 2014

HIAS Joins African Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence Every year since 1991, the 16 days between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25) and International Human Rights Day (December 10) is marked by the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, an international initiative created by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University and now joined by thousands of organizations around the world.

Nov 12, 2014

The Lautenberg Amendment: A Lifeline for Iran’s Religious Minorities

Nov 12, 2014

The Lautenberg Amendment: A Lifeline for Iran’s Religious Minorities Perhaps the most important value my family instilled in me as I was growing up is that “we were the lucky ones.” We were lucky to leave Iran just weeks before the fall of the Shah in 1979. We were lucky we had family in Israel.

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