Pledge to Reject Hate This Election Season

As a HIAS supporter, I pledge to hold all candidates accountable for rejecting the politics of hatred and fear, and rejecting the impulse to seal our borders and turn on our own neighbors and community members.

I join HIAS in calling for...

• Investment in an effective asylum system, with increased staffing for immigration court staff, interpreters, immigration judges, and asylum officers.
• Fair, effective, and humane border policies that both protect people's right to seek safety and support border security.
• Repeal of harmful policies that deny the right to asylum. Ongoing efforts to curtail arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border are neither effective nor humane. People fleeing for their lives must have access to safety.
• Quick access to work permits for people seeking asylum in the U.S. so that they can become economically self-sufficient while they wait for their case to be adjudicated and so they can contribute economically to their communities.
• A robust annual target number and arrival of resettled refugees through the United States Refugee Admissions Program. Annual resettlement targets must be supported by appropriate funding to ensure that these commitments can be met.
• Annual extension and reauthorization of the Lautenberg Amendment which allows religious minorities from Iran and former Soviet Union countries, including Jews, to come to the U.S. to reunite with their loved ones.
• Expanded legal pathways to entry and residency in the U.S. — including increased access to work visas and additional family reunification opportunities.

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