Topic: Advocacy

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Jun 16, 2025

Seven Ways You Can Take Action for Immigrants

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). We must prevent this administration from repeating the mistakes of the past. Here's how you can help.

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).

Jun 13, 2025

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

Congolese refugees look through a corrugated metal fence at batches of food delivered by USAID. The latest insight and analysis on the U.S. cuts to foreign aid spending — and how you can respond.

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

Jun 6, 2025

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

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. Eighty-six years after the U.S. refused the ship's entry, our country is again embracing xenophobic policies.

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.

Jun 4, 2025

HIAS Responds to Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Announcement

HIAS Responds to Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Announcement

HIAS Responds to Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Announcement

May 30, 2025

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

Group of migrant women and children standing behind a metal barricade, looking somber while waiting outdoors near the U.S.-Mexico border. The asylum ban has had a profound effect in the four months since it was implemented.

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

May 30, 2025

HIAS Alarmed by SCOTUS Humanitarian Parole Ruling 

HIAS Alarmed by SCOTUS Humanitarian Parole Ruling 

HIAS Alarmed by SCOTUS Humanitarian Parole Ruling 

May 23, 2025

HIAS Condemns Deportation of Immigrants to South Sudan

HIAS Condemns Deportation of Immigrants to South Sudan

HIAS Condemns Deportation of Immigrants to South Sudan

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

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