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HIAS supporters gather outside a courthouse in Seattle to celebrate the court ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).

Seven Ways You Can Take Action for Immigrants

HIAS local partner CASMED provides mental health care to displaced Ukrainian women in Moldova, with the support of GFFO, in 2025. (CASMED)

Helping Displaced Ukrainian Women in Moldova Heal and Rebuild

Protesters gather in front of City Hall in San Antonio, Texas.

The ICE Raids — What You Need to Know

HIAS Greece client Pieter Wittenberg and Staff Attorney Maria Spiliotakara pose outside the courthouse in Lesvos during the proceedings of their case on January 15, 2026. Pieter and 23 other humanitarians were charged with human smuggling in 2018 for providing humanitarian assistance to asylum seekers in Greece. After eight years, they were acquitted on all charges. (HIAS Greece)

HIAS Greece Successfully Defends Humanitarian on Trial for Assisting Refugees

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Feb 18, 2026

HIAS Decries USCIS Memo Threatening Refugees with Arrest and Detention

Feb 17, 2026

HIAS Files Amicus Brief in Noem v. Al Otro Lado to Defend the Right to Seek Asylum

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Refugees from Hungary gather in the HIAS Vienna office, some expressing a desire to immigrate to the United States, and others to Australia, where they have relatives. (HIAS)

Honoring 45 Years of HIAS Austria: A Historic Refugee Pathway Is Shut Down

HIAS Colombia staff provide emergency support to Tatiana* and her family while in transit in Capurgana, Colombia on June 17, 2025. (HIAS Colombia) *Name changed for safety.

As Migration Patterns Shift, HIAS’ Support Remains Steadfast

We Make Us Safe: What I Saw in Minnesota

Demonstrators protest outside of the Whipple federal building on January 14, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests have sparked up around the city after a federal agent fatally shot a U.S. citizen, Renee Good, in her car during an incident in south Minneapolis on January 7. The Trump administration has sent a reported 2,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest immigrants in the region. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Remembering Who We Are: One Year of Fighting Alongside Refugee and Immigrant Communities

An activist of "March and March", an anti-immigration vigilante group, stands outside the Addington Hospital in Durban on July 4, 2025, during a demonstration in which members were checking for the nationality of those seeking to access the facility. The group worked to deny access to the hospital for anyone they didn't consider South African. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Medical Xenophobia in South Africa and Around the World

Women-led agribusiness Intiva, which produces herbal teas and dehydrated fruits, tables at a community event in Carchi in Tulcán on September 10, 2025. (Emily Primack and Lauren Pach/HIAS).

HIAS Helps Women’s Agribusiness Collective Expand in Ecuador

Asylum seekers, who were rescued off the Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos, arrive at the port of Lavrio in Lavreotiki, Greece, on July 10, 2025. (Costas Baltas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Refugees in Greece: What You Need to Know

HIAS Colombia provided Naide with a DAFI scholarship so she could pursue her degree and rebuild her life.

Scholarships Support Displaced Students in Starting their Careers in Colombia

HIAS and our partners IRAP, CWS, and Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW) hold a press conference following the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals oral arguments in the Pacito v. Trump class action lawsuit challenging the refugee ban in Pasadena, California on September 4, 2025. (Brenda Bravo for IRAP, HIAS, CWS, and LCSNW)

2025: Year in Review

An Afghan man and his son after arrival at the baggage claim of John Wanye Airport in Orange County, Feb 19, 2022. They were greeted by a group of HIAS Welcome Circle volunteers. (Eric Thayer for HIAS)

HIAS Stands in Solidarity with Afghan Refugees and Afghan Americans

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