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Statements & Press Releases
Former HIAS Board Chair Dianne Lob Nominated to Lead Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
HIAS congratulates Dianne Lob, who served as our board chair from 2016-2019, on her nomination to become the next chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Statement on Congress Passing COVID-19 Response Bill
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Today, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a bipartisan COVID-19 response bill. The $2 trillion in funding will increase resources for those in the U.S.
HIAS Greece Urges Government to Help Refugees and Asylum Seekers Amid COVID-19
HIAS has joined other leading humanitarian agencies in calling for moving asylum seekers to safety and an immediate hotspot decongestion to address COVID-19
Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Allow the “Remain In Mexico” Policy
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Today, the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or the “Remain in Mexico” policy, to continue while lower-court appeals continue.
Statement Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Hearing
Statement Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Hearing:
“The Current State of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program”Statement Submitted to House Judiciary Committee on "NO BAN Act"
Statement submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Markup of: H.R. 2214, the “National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act” or the “NO BAN Act”
Major Settlement Secures Relief for Refugees Left Behind by Refugee Ban
SEATTLE – Today, the government entered into a major settlement with plaintiffs in Jewish Family Service v.
Statement on Expansion of Travel Ban
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Today the Trump administration extended the reach of the travel ban to the United States, adding new restrictions on people coming from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.
Statement on One-Year Anniversary of MPP
SILVER SPRING, Md. – One year ago today the Administration began implementing the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or “Remain in Mexico” program, which forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their court date in a United States immigration court.
Judge Blocks Order Allowing State, Local Officials to Veto Resettlement
(Greenbelt, MD) – Today, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit HIAS v. Trump, blocking an executive order that for the first time in the history of the U.S. refugee resettlement program gave state and local officials the power to veto resettlement in their jurisdictions. The judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, three faith-based resettlement agencies, HIAS, Church World Service (CWS), and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), whose work and mission have been directly impacted and harmed by the order.
