News & Views

Philadelphia officials confirm migrants from Texas could arrive by Tuesday

“Our plan is to help them navigate get to where they need to be,” Executive Director of HIAS Pennsylvania, Cathryn… MORE

Watch it Now: Ask Me Anything – Political Discourse, the Media, and Immigration: Fact or Fiction

The 2022 Pennsylvania Senatorial debate highlighted the ramped-up inflammatory anti-immigration rhetoric that gets weaponized during every election cycle.

Watch our virtual discussion with Charles D. Ellison of WURD and Nick Gourevitch from Global Strategy Group as we cut through the noise and discuss political polling, how polls and media reports inform campaign strategy, and, ultimately, their effect on public perceptions about immigration.


After-school Program Volunteer

Position Summary: HIAS PA is in partnership with Northeast Community Church in which HIAS PA staff and volunteers provide after-school… MORE

Weekly Wins Round-up: October 2022

Dear Friend, Your mailbox is full and so is mine. Coverage of the upcoming election has increased exponentially as November… MORE

HIAS PA’s Executive Director, Cathryn Miller-Wilson, and Board member, Sara Jacobson, named to City and State PA’s 2022 Pennsylvania Nonprofit Power 100 list

HIAS PA’s Executive Director, Cathryn Miller-Wilson, and Board member, Sara Jacobson, have been recognized on City and State PA‘s 2022… MORE

Weekly Wins Round-up: September 2022

Dear Friend, Haiti. Myanmar. Afghanistan. Ukraine. Venezuela. Clients have come to us from all of these countries in the past… MORE

Weekly Wins Round-Up: August 2022

Dear Friend, I was delighted to meet so many of you at our Open House a few weeks ago. After… MORE

How have Afghan refugees adjusted to the United States?

It’s been nearly one year since the collapse of Kabul to the Taliban.   “Hadi says non-profits — like HIAS… MORE

Projeto para liberar carteira de motorista para indocumentados na Pensilvânia é apresentado

Want to read Rabbi Alan Iser’s op/ed about Driving PA Forward in Brazilian Portuguese? Well, now you can!

Weekly Wins Round-Up: July 2022

Dear Friend of HIAS PA, We have reached a milestone in immigration policy—the life-changing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also… MORE