immigration

July 15, 2026, 11:32 am

A New York Times map tells America’s immigration story. So where are the Jews?

America, meanwhile, offered Jews a welcome that they found in few other places, without asking that they renounce what Louis D. Brandeis called their “distinctive nationality.”

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

A security camera hangs across the street from the Park East Synagogue, in New York City. Jewish institutions are tightening security amid rising threats. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

February 5, 2026, 10:52 am

Jewish leaders concerned about unclear political conditions on federal security grants

After months of inquiries from Jewish groups and lawmakers, the federal government has yet to clarify whether immigration and DEI policies could affect synagogue security funding.

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Daniel Rosen, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota (Government photo)

February 1, 2026, 1:28 pm

Daniel Rosen, Minnesota’s US attorney in hot seat over ICE, won confirmation in part on the strength of his Jewish leadership

He is a former board member of the local JCRC, which opposes ICE’s actions in the Twin Cities.

By Andrew Lapin

Individuals cross a downtown street in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Teagan Hunt via Pexels)

January 31, 2026, 10:15 pm

JFCS CEO says immigration crackdown is shaking Pittsburgh’s immigrant community

'When immigrants are at risk, and are living in fear, it has reverberations throughout the community and impacts all of us'

By Adam Reinherz

Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead a day earlier by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 25, 2026. (Octavio JONES / AFP)

January 26, 2026, 10:05 am

Jewish voices rise up with concern following killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

“Regardless of one’s views on immigration policy and enforcement operations, the deaths of two U.S. citizens are a grave outcome that highlights the need for a full review,” wrote the AJC.

By Grace Gilson

Mahmoud Khalil, former Columbia University graduate student known for his role in the 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian protests, leads a Pro-Palestinian "March for Humanity" against the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in New York City, on Aug. 16, 2025. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

January 23, 2026, 11:16 am

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria, DHS official says

“You are a guest in this country. Act like it,” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of homeland security for public affairs, told NewsNation.

By Mike Wagenheim

January 14, 2026, 9:32 am

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Mahmoud Khalil during a meeting with Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) at the congressman's office in Washington, D.C., July 22, 2025. (Credit: Office of Representative Jim McGovern via Wikimedia Commons)

September 18, 2025, 12:29 pm

Columbia’s pro-Hamas protest organizer to be deported, judge rules

An immigration judge agreed with the Trump administration that Mahmoud Khalil's failure to include pertinent information on his green card application is grounds for revocation.

By Mike Wagenheim

Protests against the detention of activist and former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, in Thomas Paine Park in New York City, on March 10, 2025. (Credit: SWinxy via Wikimedia Commons)

June 20, 2025, 4:07 pm

Federal judge orders anti-Israel protest leader Mahmoud Khalil released on bail

“It is highly unusual to be seeking detention of a petitioner given the factual record of today,” U.S. District Court Judge Michael Farbiarz stated.

By JNS

A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. (Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo)

April 18, 2025, 9:32 am

‘Distraction’ to say Khalil deportation case a free-speech issue, experts say

“Khalil spent the past year and a half leading an organization that effectively made large areas of Columbia University off-limits for Jewish Zionist students.” — David Litman

By Vita Fellig

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

April 14, 2025, 9:17 pm

Mahmoud Khalil can be deported over antisemitism concerns, judge rules

The ruling cited a memo signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in which he determined Khalil’s campus activism was antisemitic.

By Grace Gilson

There's room for both Dolly Parton and Israel in Kally Rubin Kislowicz's world. (Photo by Joe Shlabotnik, courtesy of Flickr.com)

April 2, 2025, 10:07 am

Jolene Ben Ari: The best of both worlds

And then I understood that if being Israeli means not knowing the words to Jolene, I don’t want to be right

By Kally Rubin Kislowicz

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, March 4, 2025. (Credit: Daniel Torok/White House)

March 17, 2025, 5:31 pm

HIAS fires, furloughs 40% of staff due to Trump cuts to refugee work

“We never thought they would literally rip up all of our contracts and grant agreements,” Mark Hetfield, the HIAS president, told eJewishPhilanthropy.

By JNS

Activists hold a banner during a pro-refugee demonstration organized by HIAS outside the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 14, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

February 11, 2025, 9:29 am

HIAS sues Donald Trump over refugee freeze

The lawsuit is a return to the refugee aid group’s playbook during Trump’s first term.

By Ben Sales

Members of the Aponte Ortiz family gather after arriving in Pittsburgh. JFCS is continuing to work with refugees and immigrants like the Aponte Ortiz family, despite a federal stop work order. (Photo courtesy of JFCS)

February 10, 2025, 2:02 pm

JFCS pledges to keeping working for Pittsburgh’s refugee and immigrant community

Some of JFCS’ clients were in the country for less than two weeks when the agency received the government’s stop work order.

By David Rullo