Topic: Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration

Jul 18, 2025

HIAS strongly condemns the passage of the administration’s rescissions package through both houses of Congress, which eliminates $8 billion in previously approved foreign assistance funding.

Jul 11, 2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Trump on July 4, will make the United States less prosperous and less safe.

Jul 7, 2025

More than 20 vigils organized by HIAS and local partners took place across to the United States, bringing together those who support welcome.

Jul 1, 2025

HIAS condemns the egregious spending bill as a direct assault on American values and the safety of refugee and immigrant communities. 

Jun 17, 2025

A comment published by HIAS detailed the legal and moral perils of the U.S. decision to remove immigrants to third countries.

Jun 13, 2025

The latest insight and analysis on the U.S. cuts to foreign aid spending — and how you can respond.

Jun 6, 2025

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

Jun 4, 2025

HIAS strongly opposed the travel ban in the first Trump administration, advocating in the courts and to elected officials, and will oppose it as stridently today. 

May 30, 2025

The asylum ban has had a profound effect in the four months since it was implemented.

May 30, 2025

HIAS is deeply alarmed by the Supreme Court's decision this morning to reinstate the Trump administration’s termination of the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) humanitarian parole program.