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As Trump Prepares Immigration Rally in Arizona, Over 170 Organizations Release ‘2021 Immigration Action Plan’, Offering Blueprint to Undo Damage Wrought by Trump, Transform America’s Immigration System

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2020 Contact: HIAS Pennsylvania 215-832-0900 info@hiaspa.org As Trump Prepares Immigration Rally in Arizona, Over 170… MORE

8/13/2020 Public Charge Information Session (Presented in Spanish)

Únase a HIAS Pennsylvania, Ceiba y Consulmex Filadelfia para conocer la nueva regla de carga pública y el acceso de los…

Posted by HIAS Pennsylvania on Thursday, August 13, 2020

Únase a HIAS Pennsylvania, Ceiba y Consulmex Filadelfia para conocer la nueva regla de carga pública y el acceso de los inmigrantes a los beneficios públicos durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

Presentado en español

Join HIAS Pennsylvania, Ceiba, and Consulmex Filadelfia (Mexican Consulate of Philadelphia) to learn about the new public charge rule and immigrant access to public benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Presented in Spanish

Immigrant Relief Fund prevents homelessness

Alicia* fled to the United States to claim asylum and gain protection from the dangers of her life in El… MORE

Weekly Wins Monthly Round-up: July

If anything has become painfully apparent in the past few months, it is that the simple can easily become complex—just… MORE

Meet Our Staff: Michelle Nava

“I knew that I wanted to help my community the way HIAS PA helped my family.” -Michelle Nava We spoke… MORE

Help us #SaveAsylum

On July 9th, 2020, the federal Administration issued another new proposed rule in an attempt to gut the US asylum… MORE

Watch It Now: Ask Me Anything: The Racist Underpinnings of Immigration Law

As people become more aware of the underlying structural racism within many American institutions and its effects, it becomes even more essential to understand how structural racism affects every facet of American life.

Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Fernando Chang-Muy, and HIAS PA’s Executive Director, Cathryn Miller-Wilson, discussed the intersection of racism and immigration law.

Watch it here!