Action Alerts

Why Immigration Matters: A Month of Jewish Reflection, Study and Action
1/6/2012 9:19am
Why Immigration Matters: A Month of Jewish Reflection, Study and Action April  1– May 7, 2012 Thank you for your interest in participating in the Greater Philadelphia Jewish Coalition on Immigration program Why Immigration Matters.  The Coalition, a joint project of HIAS Pennsylvania and JCRC, supported by ADL, AJC, and JSPAN, has come together with the goal of mobilizing the area Jewish community to support and to advocate for fair and just immigration reform on city, sta
Urge Congress to Extend the Lautenberg Amendment
12/9/2011 11:55am
Click for HIAS National's Page to send a letter to encourage your Representative to ensure that the Lautenberg Amendment is renewed without delay. 
Write to Your PA Representatives; Oppose Anti-Immigrant Legislation
10/24/2011 2:41pm
Send this letter to your State Representatives to urge them to oppose pending Pennsylvania legislation that will hurt immigrants and other marginalized communities. It's even better if you add your own personal comments! Want to know who to sent it to? Search for your PA legislator by address or county here.
Please Support the PA Compact
10/24/2011 2:06pm
HIAS Pennsylvania recently joined a coalition of political, business, law enforcement, religious, and community leaders committed to practical, inclusive immigration policies. The Pennsylvania Compact is their declaration of principles to guide Pennsylvania’s immigration discussion and policy making, promoting “family cohesion, freedom, public safety, and a strong economy.”
We Were Strangers, Too
10/19/2011 3:49pm
Join us in support of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs' petition for humane and equitable immigration reform. Sign the petition. Watch the video.
Urge Your Representative to Reauthorize the Lautenberg Amendment
9/2/2011 9:46am
The Lautenberg Amendment, which helps persecuted religious minorities fleeing Iran and the former Soviet Union, expired on June 1, 2011. The provision must be renewed each year. A failure to reauthorize the Amendment would make it difficult for the U.S. to protect Christian, Jewish, Baha’i, and other religious minorities fleeing Iran and could end family reunification for Jews and Evangelicals in the Former Soviet Union with relatives in the U.S.

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