Events

HIAS PA’s Comment Writing Party

The US Government has proposed 3 new rules which will harm immigrants’ lives

But we can stop it.

Join HIAS PA’s Comment Writing Party:

5:30PM – 5:45PM:

Welcome and Explanation of the Three Proposed Rules and how they impact us

5:45PM – 6:30 PM:

Write comments – feel free to come anytime between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to write your comments

 

Please bring:

Stamped envelopes (we will have labels), one for each set of comments

Vegetarian Snacks (we’ll supply water and soda)

Can’t make it?

Go to the following links to submit your comments from home:

Proposed “Flores” Rule (allowing the administration to detain immigrant children indefinitely): DEADLINE NOVEMBER 4

Learn more here

Proposed “Public Charge” Rule (placing a wealth test on immigrants striving to achieve the American Dream): DEADLINE DECEMBER 10

Learn more here

Proposed “Fee Waiver” Rule (making it near impossible to prove eligibility for fee waivers): DEADLINE NOVEMBER 27

Learn more here

Other Parties: 

Villanova Charles Widger School of Law, Thursday, November 1, 2018, from 4-5:30pm, Room 202, for more information contact: Sarah Baranik at sbaranik@law.villanova.edu 

Rutgers University School of Law, Thursday November 1, 2018 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m., in the Faculty Loung, hosted by The American Constitution Society of Law and Policy (ACS), For more information and to RSVP, contact RUlawACS@gmail.com

Watch our facebook page for the announcement of more comment parties in the future.

For More Philadelphia Specific Information related to the proposed public charge rule go to the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.