Topic: Afghanistan
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Oct 29, 2021
Oct 8, 2021
Sep 30, 2021
Congress Approves Funding for Afghan Arrivalsa
Sep 30, 2021
Congress Approves Funding for Afghan Arrivals Sep 30, 2021 SILVER SPRING, Md. — HIAS applauds the passage of the FY 2022 Continuing Resolution (HR5305) to fund the federal government through December 3, 2021, which includes $6.3 billion for Afghan humanitarian parolees. These Afghans, who had to flee their country and arrived in the U.S. with […]
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 24, 2021
Dispatch: Welcoming Afghans Who Made It to the U.S.
Sep 24, 2021
HIAS Public Affairs Officer Andrea Gagne recently returned from Fort Bliss in Texas and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, after several weeks assisting with processing of some of the tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted from Kabul in the days before the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Sep 23, 2021
Helping European Jewish Communities Help Afghan Refugees
Sep 23, 2021
HIAS Europe and ECJC launched a campaign to help European Jewish communities help Afghan refugees.
Sep 20, 2021
Refugee Agencies Prepared for Afghan Resettlement
Sep 20, 2021
Resettlement organizations across the United States, including many HIAS affiliates, are prepared, and continuing to prepare for the resettlement of Afghan refugees. Volunteers have offered unprecedented amounts of time, money and furniture.
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.
Sep 6, 2021
Afghans Need to be Classified as Refugees, Hetfield tells MSNBC
Sep 6, 2021
Mark Hetfield told MSNBC that the U.S. needs to reclassify Afghans who are coming into the U.S.