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Empowering Venezuelan Women Refugees in Peru
Oct 18, 2021

An empowerment event at HIAS Peru allowed women refugees from Venezuela to feel free and safe.
Protecting Refugees in Both Body and Mind
Oct 08, 2021

On World Mental Health Day hear about the dedication of HIAS staff.
New Funds to Help Afghans
Oct 06, 2021

When they arrive in America, some Afghan refugees will be directly aided by the legacy of Jewish refugees of another era.
Haitian Bridge Alliance and HIAS Fight Injustice Together
Oct 01, 2021

HIAS is supporting Haitian Bridge Alliance’s work in providing direct services to Haitian asylum seekers.
Briefing Call: Afghan Arrivals, Haiti, and More
Sep 30, 2021

Catch the latest developments about newly arrived Afghans, asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, deportations to Haiti, and more.
Dispatch: Welcoming Afghans Who Made It to the U.S.
Sep 24, 2021

HIAS Public Affairs Officer Andrea Gagne recently returned from Fort Bliss in Texas and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, after several weeks assisting with processing of some of the tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted from Kabul in the days before the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Helping European Jewish Communities Help Afghan Refugees
Sep 23, 2021

HIAS Europe and ECJC launched a campaign to help European Jewish communities help Afghan refugees.
Title 42: Over a Million Expulsions and No End in Sight
Sep 23, 2021

Title 42 has largely closed America’s borders to refugees and asylum seekers. When the pandemic hit, Trump administration invoked the 75-year-old public health law that, they claimed, gave immigration authorities the power to expel migrants without providing them their legally mandated opportunity to seek protection in the U.S.
Refugee Agencies Prepared for Afghan Resettlement
Sep 20, 2021

Resettlement organizations across the United States, including many HIAS affiliates, are prepared, and continuing to prepare for the resettlement of Afghan refugees. Volunteers have offered unprecedented amounts of time, money and furniture.
Afghan Humanitarian Parolees Are Refugees, Hetfield Writes to Washington Post
Sep 20, 2021

In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, Mark Hetfield argued that Afghan humanitarian parolees should have access to the same rights and benefits as refugees.

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