Topic: Lautenberg

Mar 23, 2024

HIAS is praising Congress for reauthorizing the Lautenberg Amendment for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2024.

Oct 19, 2023

"HIAS welcomes the administration’s effort to rebuild the U.S. refugee program,” HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield said in testimony before a House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee.

Oct 2, 2023

HIAS is relieved that Congress averted a shutdown of the federal government with the passage of a short-term funding bill Saturday night. At the same time, the organization continues to call on lawmakers to protect humanitarian assistance, and urges them not to compromise the rights of refugees or asylum seekers as they work to reach agreement on a final funding package. 

Jun 19, 2015

HIAS Celebrates Government Spending Bill and Extension of the Lautenberg Amendment Jun 19, 2015 (New York, NY) – HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, celebrates the recent passage of legislation that will fund the government through September 2014. Critically important to the Jewish community is the inclusion of a one-year extension of the […]

Jun 19, 2015

HIAS Steps in to Take Over NY Resettlement Operation Jun 19, 2015 (NEW YORK, NY)—HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees, has officially taken over the Federation Employment & Guidance Service’s (FEGS) resettlement program in New York after FEGS declared bankruptcy for unrelated reasons. HIAS will assume responsibility for the resettlement operation in New […]