Topic: United States

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Oct 29, 2024

We Must Combat Xenophobia. Here’s How We Can.

Oct 29, 2024

We Must Combat Xenophobia. Here’s How We Can. In the inaugural essay of the Rising to the Moment series, HIAS president Mark Hetfield considers how we can combat the rising threat of xenophobia.

Oct 27, 2024

HIAS Statement on the Pittsburgh Shooting, Six Years Later 

Oct 27, 2024

HIAS Statement on the Pittsburgh Shooting, Six Years Later  HIAS mourns the eleven victims of the attack, and stands in solidarity with the wider Pittsburgh community that was so deeply, and forever, affected.  

Oct 23, 2024

Refugees Supporting Refugees: Igor, U.S.

Oct 23, 2024

Refugees Supporting Refugees: Igor, U.S. Igor Chubaryov has worked at HIAS since November 1989. But his history with the organization started months earlier, after he fled the Soviet Union.

Oct 11, 2024

Extreme Weather Illustrates Climate Change Risk to Refugees

Oct 11, 2024

Extreme Weather Illustrates Climate Change Risk to Refugees The impact of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other flooding disasters around the world is a harbinger of displacement challenges ahead.

Jun 27, 2024

U.S. Border Policies Harm People Fleeing Danger

Jun 27, 2024

U.S. Border Policies Harm People Fleeing Danger Amidst a fraught U.S. election cycle, asylum seekers are targets for negative political rhetoric and legislation curtailing their access to safety.

Jun 4, 2024

HIAS Decries Shutdown at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Jun 4, 2024

HIAS Decries Shutdown at the U.S.-Mexico Border HIAS decries the executive order introduced today by the Biden Administration, which would effectively seal the U.S.-Mexico border to people seeking safety.

May 15, 2024

How the Economic Advancement Fund Helps Refugee Entrepreneurs

May 15, 2024

Phillip Bailey An interview with Phillip Bailey, inaugural director of HIAS' Economic Advancement Fund.

Apr 16, 2024

What I Saw at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Apr 16, 2024

A delegation of Jewish clergy, led by HIAS and T'ruah, prepares to cross from Mexico into the United States in February 2024. | What I Saw at the U.S.-Mexico Border | HIAS Visiting the U.S.-Mexico border, Rabbi Lewis Kamrass saw the challenges asylum seekers must overcome — and the need for a moral response.

Apr 4, 2024

Asylum Backlog Presents Anguish, Uncertainty for Seekers

Apr 4, 2024

Vassidiki, an asylee from the Ivory Coast. | U.S. Asylum Backlog Presents Anguish, Uncertainty for Seekers | HIAS HIAS helps those who have fled persecution seek gain asylum in the U.S. But with a growing asylum backlog, many face long waits in legal limbo.

Feb 5, 2024

New Bill Would Trade Away Asylum Seekers’ Rights

Feb 5, 2024

Asylum seekers wait to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico at a makeshift camp next to the U.S. border wall. | New Supplemental Funding Bill Would Trade Away Asylum Seekers' Rights | HIAS The supplemental funding bill ties aid to Israel, Ukraine, and more to policies that would have disastrous, lasting effects on the U.S. asylum system.

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