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Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis crowd along the ship’s railing, some waving and smiling, as the ship departs Hamburg in 1939 in a failed attempt to find refuge from Nazi persecution.

The Shameful Lesson of the ‘St. Louis’ is as Relevant as Ever

Group of migrant women and children standing behind a metal barricade, looking somber while waiting outdoors near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump’s Asylum Ban and the U.S.-Mexico Border — What You Need to Know

A woman and small child walk down a street.

A Welcome Circle Helps a Journalist’s Family Start a New Story

Refugees in Ecuador: What You Need to Know

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HIAS Responds to Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Announcement

Jun 4, 2025

In the Wake of the Boulder Attack, HIAS Stands in Solidarity

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Soldiers guarding the entrance at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism).

The Harm of Removing Immigrants to Third Countries

HIAS supporters gather outside a courthouse in Seattle to celebrate the court ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Seven Ways You Can Take Action for Immigrants

Congolese refugees look through a corrugated metal fence at batches of food delivered by USAID.

The Trump Administration’s Assault on Humanitarian Aid — What You Need to Know

A case worker speaks with participants in a workshop in Colombia.

Refugees in Colombia: What You Need to Know

Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis crowd along the ship’s railing, some waving and smiling, as the ship departs Hamburg in 1939 in a failed attempt to find refuge from Nazi persecution.

The Shameful Lesson of the ‘St. Louis’ is as Relevant as Ever

Shavuot Through the Lens of Modern Migration

Group of migrant women and children standing behind a metal barricade, looking somber while waiting outdoors near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump’s Asylum Ban and the U.S.-Mexico Border — What You Need to Know

A woman and small child walk down a street.

A Welcome Circle Helps a Journalist’s Family Start a New Story

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)

TPS is Ending for Afghans — What You Need to Know

Refugees in Ecuador: What You Need to Know

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HIAS partner R2P works with Ukranian refugees at the Ukraine-Poland border and within the nearby city of Lviv, March 2022.

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Psychologist Karla Flores speaks with Angie Torres, who left her home country of Honduras with her family, traveling through Mexico with great difficulty until they eventually found refuge at Pan de Vida Migrant Shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on December 9, 2021. Photographer: Paul Ratje HIAS

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