Topic: United States

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Dec 5, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Alarming New Attacks on Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Community members hold banners as they show up to a press conference to demand accountability from Target after ICE agents were spotted staging at the parking lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., on December 4, 2025. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images) During the last two weeks, including after a shooting in Washington, D.C., the Trump Administration has announced sweeping restrictions to immigration, including unprecedented changes that will harm refugees and asylum seekers.

Nov 6, 2025

One Year Since 2024 Election: Support for Refugees and Immigrants Grows in the U.S.

Protesters rally during the One year since the 2024 election, polling shows support for refugees and immigrants has grown in the United States.

Oct 31, 2025

HIAS Devastated by Refugee Admissions Priorities

HIAS Devastated by Refugee Admissions Priorities HIAS condemns the unprecedented manipulation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program through the Presidential Determination (PD).

Oct 31, 2025

Op-Ed: HIAS, CWS, and World Relief CEOs Speak Out Against Overhaul of U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

A family of eight are resettled by HIAS partner JFS of Western Massachusetts in July 2025. Their arrival came as a result of a lawsuit that HIAS and other plaintiffs filed against the Trump administration on its pausing of refugee resettlement. (Lindsay Kagalis/HIAS) In an op-ed in Religion News Service, HIAS, CWS, and World Relief CEOs speak out against the Trump Administration's proposed overhaul of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

Oct 27, 2025

HIAS Statement on the Pittsburgh Shooting, Seven Years Later

HIAS Statement on the Pittsburgh Shooting, Seven Years Later October 27, 2018 was the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and the reverberations from that day are still felt at HIAS and across our community. 

Oct 24, 2025

From War to Wellness: Building A New Life as a Refugee Entrepreneur

Ukrainian refugee Mila shares her journey from displacement to entrepreneurship thanks to the HIAS Economic Advancement Fund and the Gulf Coast JFCS Microenterprise Development Program. Ukrainian refugee Mila shares her journey from displacement to entrepreneurship thanks to the HIAS Economic Advancement Fund.

Sep 2, 2025

Triumphing Over Adversity, a Refugee Entrepreneur Builds Her Business

A woman points to an object as a man stands in front of an opened trunk of a car. With assistance from HIAS' Economic Advancement Fund, Ricxia Valbuena, a refugee entrepreneur, has grown her package delivery business.

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