Topic: Advocacy
293 results
Oct 15, 2021
Oct 8, 2021
Sep 30, 2021
Briefing Call: Afghan Arrivals, Haiti, and More
Sep 30, 2021
Catch the latest developments about newly arrived Afghans, asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, deportations to Haiti, and more.
Sep 23, 2021
Title 42: Over a Million Expulsions and No End in Sight
Sep 23, 2021
Title 42 has largely closed America’s borders to refugees and asylum seekers. When the pandemic hit, Trump administration invoked the 75-year-old public health law that, they claimed, gave immigration authorities the power to expel migrants without providing them their legally mandated opportunity to seek protection in the U.S.
Sep 20, 2021
Joint Letter to President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas and Attorney General Garland on Title 42
Sep 20, 2021
Joint Letter to President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas and Attorney General Garland on Title 42 Sep 20, 2021 SILVER SPRING, Md. — HIAS, the international Jewish humanitarian organization, along with 70 other organizations, has signed a letter demanding that the Biden administration "immediately end its embrace, defense, and advancement of illegal and cruel Trump administration policies that […]
Sep 20, 2021
Afghan Humanitarian Parolees Are Refugees, Hetfield Writes to Washington Post
Sep 20, 2021
In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, Mark Hetfield argued that Afghan humanitarian parolees should have access to the same rights and benefits as refugees.
Sep 17, 2021
The Tragedy of “Remain in Mexico”
Sep 17, 2021
For 70,000 people, the U.S. Supreme Court’s late August “Remain in Mexico” decision is a tragedy beyond their control.
Aug 31, 2021
Former Board Chair Dale Schwartz Remembered
Aug 31, 2021
Dale Schwartz, a long-time member of the HIAS board and past HIAS board chair, died August 27.
Aug 27, 2021
Mark Hetfield: “Our Work Is Far From Done”
Aug 27, 2021
This has been a tough week for all of us at HIAS, but it has been so much worse for the people of Afghanistan, writes HIAS President and CEO in The Forward.
Aug 26, 2021
Hetfield: To Save Afghans, U.S. Needs to “Show Some Leadership”
Aug 26, 2021
HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield appeared today on Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd to discuss the “bureaucratic calamity” that is preventing people from leaving Afghanistan for safety elsewhere.