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HIAS (Refugee Advocacy Organization)

HIAS is an American charitable organization founded in response to the late 19th- and early 20th-century exodus of Jewish emigrants from Imperial Russia. The organization assists Jews and other groups of people whose lives and freedom are believed to be at risk to relocate. Wikipedia*

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HIAS (Refugee Advocacy Organization) has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2019 Forum. Most appearances with Mark Hetfield (3). Most common tag: Refugees.

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    Implementation of the Refugee Act of 1980

    Former government officials who helped to implement the Refugee Act of 1980 discussed challenges they faced with refugee admi…

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    Origins of the Refugee Act of 1980

    A group of former government officials who helped write and implement the Refugee Act of 1980 discussed the reasons behind th…

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    Refugee Act of 1980

    A group of former government officials and refugee rights advocates discussed the Refugee Act of 1980, the history of refugee…

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