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Sep 18, 2018

Administration Calls for Historic Low Refugee Admissions

The Trump Administration yesterday announced a proposed refugee resettlement ceiling of 30,000 for Fiscal Year 2019.

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Sep 17, 2018

HS Cares Gives the Gift of Health

HS Cares helps refugees in need with the gift of health and hygiene kits.

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Sep 13, 2018

HIAS Joins Christian Groups to ask for 75,000 Refugees

On September 12th, HIAS representatives and volunteers joined with several major Christian denominations to stand outside the White House and demand the Trump Administration welcome 75,000 refugees in 2019.

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Sep 6, 2018

WATCH: Melanie Nezer’s ELI Talk on Home and its Meaning

Watch Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Melanie Nezer's ELI Talk called “The Ground Beneath My Children’s Feet: Refugees and the Jewish Story."

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Sep 4, 2018

WATCH: Witnesses at the Border

Last month, 27 leaders from 17 national Jewish organizations, led by HIAS and the Anti-Defamation League, traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at the crisis affecting families, asylum seekers, and others. This new video follows the group as they bear witness.

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Aug 30, 2018

A Little Help From a Lawyer Can Mean a Lot: Reflections From the Border

HIAS sent a legal delegation of volunteers, staff, attorneys, and translators to the Port Isabel Detention Center in Texas.

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Aug 28, 2018

The Rohingya: One Year Later

August 25th marked a somber anniversary. A year ago, the military and armed militias in Myanmar began a coordinated campaign targeting the Rohingya in Rakhine State. More than 700,000 fled for their lives to neighboring Bangladesh. A new U,N. report calls for six military officials in Myanmar to be prosecuted on genocide charges.

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Aug 24, 2018

Jewish Leaders on HIAS-ADL Trip Witness Border Crisis Up Close

Sometimes you have to see things for yourself and that is just what 27 leaders from 17 national Jewish organizations did on August 21-22 as part of a HIAS-ADL led delegation to view firsthand the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Aug 22, 2018

Dear Real Person: Writing Letters to Detainees

HIAS volunteers write letters to thousands of detainees.The letters remind detainees that they have not been forgotten.

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Aug 16, 2018

National Jewish Organizations Call on President to Admit 75,000 Refugees in 2019

Today HIAS sent a letter signed by 36 national Jewish organizations to President Trump urging him to allow at least 75,000 refugees to be admitted to the United States in 2019.

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