Topic: United States

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Jul 25, 2025

Trump’s Attacks on the Immigration Court System — What You Need to Know 

Federal agents, including members of ICE, drag a man away after his court hearing as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 24, 2025 in New York City. The administration's changes to immigration courts have caused significant harms to asylum-seekers, due process, and the rule of law.

Federal agents, including members of ICE, drag a man away after his court hearing as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 24, 2025 in New York City.

Jul 21, 2025

PBS: After HIAS Lawsuit, a Refugee Family Begins New Life in U.S.

Staff from JFS of Western Massachusetts greet a refugee family at an airport. After a judge ruled in Pacito v. Trump that the U.S. must admit some refugees in spite the Trump administration's ban, a family of eight began a new life in America.

Staff from JFS of Western Massachusetts greet a refugee family at an airport.

Jul 11, 2025

Trump’s Cruel New Bill — What You Need to Know

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, holds a gavel. 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.

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, holds a gavel.

Jul 1, 2025

Senate-Passed Spending Bill Is Disastrous to Refugee and Immigrant Communities

Senate-Passed Spending Bill Is Disastrous to Refugee and Immigrant Communities HIAS condemns the egregious spending bill as a direct assault on American values and the safety of refugee and immigrant communities. 

Senate-Passed Spending Bill Is Disastrous to Refugee and Immigrant Communities

Jun 17, 2025

The Harm of Removing Immigrants to Third Countries

Soldiers guarding the entrance at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism). A comment published by HIAS detailed the legal and moral perils of the U.S. decision to remove immigrants to third countries.

Soldiers guarding the entrance at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism).

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, 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. Zubair 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, 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. Zubair 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)

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