Topic: Advocacy

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May 15, 2025

TPS is Ending for Afghans — What You Need to Know

Zubair Babakarkhail, center, watches as his daughter Javeria, left, 6, points out photos of other refugees she knows in an issue of “Postindustrial” magazine to Ivonne Smith-Tapia, right, director of refugee services at Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS), during a small gathering on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Babakarkhail is continuing reporting on his home country of Afghanistan for the magazine and other news outlets after his role as a journalist put him in danger under Afghanistan’s new Taliban rule. (Stephanie Strasburg/HIAS) The decision to end TPS for Afghans is based on misleading, disingenuous justifications and may have appalling humanitarian consequences. Learn more

Zubair Babakarkhail, center, watches as his daughter Javeria, left, 6, points out photos of other refugees she knows in an issue of “Postindustrial” magazine to Ivonne Smith-Tapia, right, director of refugee services at Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS), during a small gathering on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Babakarkhail is continuing reporting on his home country of Afghanistan for the magazine and other news outlets after his role as a journalist put him in danger under Afghanistan’s new Taliban rule. (Stephanie Strasburg/HIAS)

May 6, 2025

U.S. Government Ordered to Comply with Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions

U.S. Government Ordered to Comply with Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions The government must process around 12,000 refugees stranded by the Trump administration.

U.S. Government Ordered to Comply with Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions

Apr 29, 2025

100 Days of Attacks on Immigration, Asylum, and Refugee Rights

Deported people looking for relatives from the windows of a transport during the arrival of a group of Salvadorans deported from the United States to the Migrant Care Management Office (GAMI), in San Salvador, El Salvador on February 12, 2025. (Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images The first 100 days of President Trump's second turn have seen an grave attack on immigration, refugee rights, and asylum. HIAS is fighting back.

Deported people looking for relatives from the windows of a transport during the arrival of a group of Salvadorans deported from the United States to the Migrant Care Management Office (GAMI), in San Salvador, El Salvador on February 12, 2025. (Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images

Apr 25, 2025

Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration — April 25, 2025

A van of deportees approaches CECOT prison in El Salvador. The latest updates, insight, and analysis about the Trump administration's policies toward refugees.

A van of deportees approaches CECOT prison in El Salvador.

Apr 22, 2025

Jewish Clergy Speak Out on the Immoral Use of the Law

Jewish Clergy Speak Out on the Immoral Use of the Law A letter from Jewish clergy challenges what it calls the Trump administration's immoral use of the law in its immigration policy.

Jewish Clergy Speak Out on the Immoral Use of the Law

Apr 18, 2025

Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration: April 18, 2025

Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration: April 18, 2025 Insight and analysis of the week's news on U.S. immigration, asylum, and refugees.

Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration: April 18, 2025

Apr 18, 2025

HIAS Dismayed by Detention of Immigrants in El Salvador 

HIAS Dismayed by Detention of Immigrants in El Salvador 

HIAS Dismayed by Detention of Immigrants in El Salvador 

Apr 16, 2025

HIAS Joins Jewish Organizations in Statement on the Misuse of Accusations of Antisemitism 

HIAS Joins Jewish Organizations in Statement on the Misuse of Accusations of Antisemitism 

HIAS Joins Jewish Organizations in Statement on the Misuse of Accusations of Antisemitism 

Apr 11, 2025

Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration: April 11, 2025

The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, speaks during a news conference to discuss her husband’s arrest and deportation at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The latest news, insight, and analysis on the Trump administration's policies toward refugees.

The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, speaks during a news conference to discuss her husband’s arrest and deportation at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Apr 10, 2025

HIAS Decries Usage of Alien Enemies Act of 1798 

HIAS Decries Usage of Alien Enemies Act of 1798 

HIAS Decries Usage of Alien Enemies Act of 1798 

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