Biden action on Liberian immigrants has community in Philly hopeful

“The LRIF application process was hampered by a slow launch, cumbersome procedures, and delays,” reads the order. The new policy… MORE

The hardest change to immigration policy post-Trump? Ending the mind-set that immigrants are criminals.

“The incoming Biden administration has pledged to undo as much as it can as fast as it can. But the… MORE

“The hopes are huge,” says Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania. Read more here.

The Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) program has been extended for one year, to 2021. LRIF provides a pathway for… MORE

“I think the wildest dream is fundamentally changing the way we operate, […] Where we invest in real policy change… MORE

“Klementina used her artistic skills to inspire our kids to express themselves in ways they had never done before,” said… MORE

HIAS PA Clients Celebrate Thanksgiving Virtually “Whether or not you are Jewish, or an immigrant, we have all been strangers… MORE

“U visa rejections came without warning, and the reasons seemed absurd, said Vleidmy Velarde, who supervises the agency’s Immigrant Victims… MORE

‘We get to breathe’: Philly-area immigrants are hopeful, if cautious, about a Biden presidency by Jeff Gammage of the Philadelphia… MORE

Power Moves: Talk about Black excellence 5. HIAS PA promotes Jennifer M. Joseph to deputy director and chief DEI officer…. MORE