HIAS Statement on Muslim Ban Supreme Court Hearing Apr 24, 2018 SILVER SPRING, Md.—Today, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Hawaii, the case challenging the most recent iteration of the administration’s travel ban. The September 2017 executive order restricts the entry into the United States for nationals of a specific […]
HIAS Urges Trump Administration to Preserve Due Process in Immigration Courts Apr 12, 2018 SILVER SPRING, Md.—This week, media reports revealed that the United States immigration courts will suspend a program which offers basic legal information to foreign nationals in detention who are facing deportation. The program in question, the Vera Institute of Justice’s Legal […]
HIAS Statement on Fourth Circuit Ruling on Muslim Ban Feb 15, 2018 SILVER SPRING, Md.—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit became the second federal appeals court to issue a ruling against the Trump Administration’s most recent travel ban, issued in September 2017. HIAS is a plaintiff in Trump v. International Refugee […]
JFS v. Trump Team Responds to Judge Robart Ruling Dec 24, 2017 SEATTLE—Today, U.S. District Judge James Robart issued a ruling largely blocking implementation of the Trump administration’s most recent refugee restrictions which suspended the admission of refugees from 11 countries, nine of which are predominantly Muslim, for a minimum of 90 days. The restrictions […]
U.S. District Judge James Robart, who was one of the first judges to rule against the first executive order from January, said he would decide before Christmas whether to block the current ban on refugees.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Ninth Circuits heard oral arguments in two challenges to the Trump Administration's latest travel ban this week.
HIAS Responds to Supreme Court Order Resuming Travel Ban Dec 04, 2017 SILVER SPRING, Md.—Today, the United States Supreme Court allowed the full implementation of the Trump Administration’s latest travel ban. The most recent version of the ban, issued on September 24, blocks people from eight mostly Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. A […]
HIAS, JFS Partners Join Class Action Challenge to Trump Administration's Latest Refugee Ban Nov 13, 2017 SILVER SPRING, Md.—Refugee-serving agencies and individuals challenged President Trump’s most recent executive order banning refugees in federal district court in Seattle today. The executive order blocks for at least 90 days refugee resettlement from 11 countries and indefinitely pauses […]