Topic: United States

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Jun 6, 2025

The Shameful Lesson of the ‘St. Louis’ is as Relevant as Ever

Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis crowd along the ship’s railing, some waving and smiling, as the ship departs Hamburg in 1939 in a failed attempt to find refuge from Nazi persecution. Eighty-six years after the U.S. refused the ship's entry, our country is again embracing xenophobic policies.

Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis crowd along the ship’s railing, some waving and smiling, as the ship departs Hamburg in 1939 in a failed attempt to find refuge from Nazi persecution.

Jun 4, 2025

HIAS Responds to Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Announcement

HIAS Responds to Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Announcement 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. 

HIAS Responds to Trump Administration’s Travel Ban Announcement

May 30, 2025

Trump’s Asylum Ban and the U.S.-Mexico Border — What You Need to Know

Group of migrant women and children standing behind a metal barricade, looking somber while waiting outdoors near the U.S.-Mexico border. The asylum ban has had a profound effect in the four months since it was implemented.

Group of migrant women and children standing behind a metal barricade, looking somber while waiting outdoors near the U.S.-Mexico border.

May 21, 2025

A Welcome Circle Helps a Journalist’s Family Start a New Story

A woman and small child walk down a street. After Hasan, Fatima, and their young son arrived in the U.S., they turned to HIAS for help.

A woman and small child walk down a street.

May 15, 2025

TPS is Ending for Afghans — What You Need to Know

Zubair Babakarkhail, center, watches as his daughter Javeria, left, 6, points out photos of other refugees she knows in an issue of “Postindustrial” magazine to Ivonne Smith-Tapia, right, director of refugee services at Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS), during a small gathering on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Babakarkhail is continuing reporting on his home country of Afghanistan for the magazine and other news outlets after his role as a journalist put him in danger under Afghanistan’s new Taliban rule. (Stephanie Strasburg/HIAS) The decision to end TPS for Afghans is based on misleading, disingenuous justifications and may have appalling humanitarian consequences. Learn more

Zubair Babakarkhail, center, watches as his daughter Javeria, left, 6, points out photos of other refugees she knows in an issue of “Postindustrial” magazine to Ivonne Smith-Tapia, right, director of refugee services at Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS), during a small gathering on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Babakarkhail is continuing reporting on his home country of Afghanistan for the magazine and other news outlets after his role as a journalist put him in danger under Afghanistan’s new Taliban rule. (Stephanie Strasburg/HIAS)

May 6, 2025

U.S. Government Ordered to Comply with Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions

U.S. Government Ordered to Comply with Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions The government must process around 12,000 refugees stranded by the Trump administration.

U.S. Government Ordered to Comply with Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions

Apr 29, 2025

100 Days of Attacks on Immigration, Asylum, and Refugee Rights

Deported people looking for relatives from the windows of a transport during the arrival of a group of Salvadorans deported from the United States to the Migrant Care Management Office (GAMI), in San Salvador, El Salvador on February 12, 2025. (Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images The first 100 days of President Trump's second turn have seen an grave attack on immigration, refugee rights, and asylum. HIAS is fighting back.

Deported people looking for relatives from the windows of a transport during the arrival of a group of Salvadorans deported from the United States to the Migrant Care Management Office (GAMI), in San Salvador, El Salvador on February 12, 2025. (Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images

Apr 25, 2025

Refugee Rights and the Trump Administration — April 25, 2025

A van of deportees approaches CECOT prison in El Salvador. The latest updates, insight, and analysis about the Trump administration's policies toward refugees.

A van of deportees approaches CECOT prison in El Salvador.

Apr 23, 2025

HIAS Legal Protection Team Notches Important Victories Around the World

HIAS Legal Protection Team Notches Important Victories Around the World Despite a challenging context, legal protection teams across HIAS have recently won important victories for their clients.

HIAS Legal Protection Team Notches Important Victories Around the World

Apr 22, 2025

Jewish Clergy Speak Out on the Immoral Use of the Law

Jewish Clergy Speak Out on the Immoral Use of the Law A letter from Jewish clergy challenges what it calls the Trump administration's immoral use of the law in its immigration policy.

Jewish Clergy Speak Out on the Immoral Use of the Law

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