HIAS

Federal judge blocks Trump executive order allowing states to refuse to resettle refugees

The lawsuit was filed by three faith-based resettlement agencies: HIAS, the Jewish immigration advocacy group; Church World Service, and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.

Jewish groups decry major US cut in refugee admissions

An executive order that allows states and local authorities to deny entry to refugees is called “a ban” by the head of HIAS.

HIAS Greece translator Jalal Barezkai, right, assisting a Syrian refugee in an encampment near the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece on May 9, 2018. (Bill Swersey/HIAS)

HIAS opens Brussels office to bring Jews and non-Jewish asylum seekers together

The new office is meant to empower local communities to welcome asylum seekers and work with the European Union.

United States

Over 1,400 Jewish clergy sign letter supporting asylum seekers

Politics

J.B. Pritzker, Illinois’ incoming Jewish governor, opens up about his family’s immigrant past

United States

Jewish umbrella group reprimands ZOA for insulting other members

United States

Elizabeth Warren pledges salary to HIAS as long as government is shut down

Politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared the migrant caravan to Jews fleeing Nazi Europe. Is it a fair take?

United States

Stephen Miller’s uncle calls him an ‘immigration hypocrite’

Politics

These Jewish groups are fighting — even physically, according to some — behind the scenes

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