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

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

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

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

In Vigils Across the Country, Americans Gather to Fight for Welcome

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

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Jul 18, 2025

HIAS Denounces Passage of Rescissions Package Slashing Foreign Aid

Jul 1, 2025

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

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A woman discusses her experience.

New Report Documents Widespread Benefits of Community Sponsorship

‘How Did We Get Here?’ Reflections on Tisha B’Av

A little boy runs with an empty pail in search of food beside a column of other empty pails.

Saving Lives in Gaza: The Jewish and Humanitarian Imperative

An interforce officer helps a woman on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England after she disembarked from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat after being picked up at sea with other migrants while attempting to cross the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)

Refugees in the United Kingdom: 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.

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

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

The ICE Raids — What You Need to Know

Two migrants help a limping woman.

UNHCR: Global Forced Displacement Surges Past 122 million

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

The Harm of Removing Immigrants to Third Countries

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

Congolese refugees look through a corrugated metal fence at batches of food delivered by USAID.

The Trump Administration’s Assault on Humanitarian Aid — What You Need to Know

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HIAS partner R2P works with Ukranian refugees at the Ukraine-Poland border and within the nearby city of Lviv, March 2022.

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Psychologist Karla Flores speaks with Angie Torres, who left her home country of Honduras with her family, traveling through Mexico with great difficulty until they eventually found refuge at Pan de Vida Migrant Shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on December 9, 2021. Photographer: Paul Ratje HIAS

Community Mental Health

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Ending Gender-Based Violence

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