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Endalkew Yemani Tesma faces the possibility of deportation. (Theia Chatelle/ JTA)
'Israel is sending thousands back to face serious peril'
Israel’s Ethiopian asylum seekers built a life in the country. Now they’re fighting to stay
By Theia Chatelle
145 years after its establishment to help Jews flee pogroms, HIAS is among groups trying to protect refugees from a system that virtually guarantees their eventual deportation
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather near an area where people were being taken into custody near Columbia University campus in New York, April 30, 2024. (AP/Craig Ruttle)
April 26, 2026, 11:00 am
US reportedly denying green cards over anti-Israel social media posts
Immigration agents told to look out for support for ‘antisemitic terrorism, ideologies or groups,’ or participation in anti-Israel campus protests, New York Times reports
By ToI Staff
New York City police commissioner Theodore Alfred Bingham (left) with then-Mayor George Brinton McClellan Jr. in an undated photograph. Bingham served as police commissioner from January 1, 1906, to July 1, 1909. (Bain News Service/Library of Congress via JTA)
January 18, 2026, 3:09 am
A century before Trump targeted Somalis, New York’s Jews faced an antisemitic crime libel
In 1908, NYC’s police commissioner falsely attributed half the city’s crime to ‘Hebrews.’ Today, the Jewish mayor of Minneapolis says an entire community shouldn’t be charged for the crimes of a few
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
US President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 6, 2025, 2:44 pm
Trump’s new travel ban will block ‘those in need of real refuge,’ says AJC
Opposition from one of world’s largest Jewish groups comes after president blocks entry by citizens from 12 countries, cites Boulder attack; other Jewish groups signal unease over his policies
By Andrew Lapin
South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein speaks at an Israeli Memorial Day ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, April 30, 2025. (Screenshot/ Facebook)
May 16, 2025, 4:18 pm
South Africa’s chief rabbi lauds Trump but calls his Afrikaner refugee policy a ‘mistake’
As the US turns away all refugees aside from white South Africans, calling their persecution at home a ‘genocide,’ Warren Goldstein says the portrayal is a mischaracterization
By Shira Li Bartov
US President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 14, 2025. (Pool via AP)
April 19, 2025, 5:05 am
El Salvador’s president, Trump’s new deportation partner, is a pro-Israel Palestinian
The self-described ‘world’s coolest dictator’ has ancestry from Palestine on his father’s side, but compares Hamas to the MS-13 gang and claims his wife ‘has Jewish blood’
By Andrew Lapin
Jews For Racial and Economic Justice rallies with coalition partners at New York's City Hall to demand New York remain a 'sanctuary city' in light of US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, January 16, 2025. (Courtesy JFREJ via JTA)
February 10, 2025, 1:57 am
US Jews have long advocated on behalf of immigrants. Is that changing under Trump 2.0?
As Jewish immigrant-rights groups dust off their playbooks from 2016, they face a communal reorientation spurred by Oct. 7 and, some say, a general sense of liberal exhaustion
By Andrew Lapin
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) in Cumming, Georgia, on October 15, 2024; US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Detroit, Michigan, October 15, 2024. (Elijah Nouvelage/Geoff Robins/AFP)
October 22, 2024, 5:45 pm
Harris holds 46%-43% lead over Trump, immigration most urgent issue — poll
Candidates appear on equal footing as new Reuters/Ipsos survey also finds voters prefer Trump on economy and cost of living, Harris on countering extremism, abortion, healthcare
By Reuters
People place flowers near the scene of a knife attack in Solingen city center, Germany, August 24, 2024. (Henning Kaiser/ dpa via AP)
August 26, 2024, 8:12 pm
Stabbing in Germany’s Solingen fuels bitter debate on immigration
Some locals fear attack that killed 3 people will increase support for far-right parties, while others say incident demonstrates asylum policy must change
By Sam Reeves
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives for cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
October 3, 2022, 10:25 pm
Liberman proposes easy entry for great-grandchildren of Jews, in wake of Ukraine war
Yisrael Beytenu party chief says measure would be temporary; also accuses other right-wing parties of planning to change Israel’s ‘Law of Return,’ which governs immigration
By Judah Ari Gross
Daniel Cruz (left) and Kfir Tsafrir on an episode of "Hakochav Haba" on Keshet 12, August 22, 2022. (Courtesy Keshet)
August 24, 2022, 2:17 pm
Israeli immigration policy takes center stage on reality TV singing contest
Contestant on ‘Rising Star’ highlights plight of his friend, born in Israel to Filipino parents and facing deportation, and reignites longtime debate
By Amy Spiro
Liudmyla Matrenin and Lev visit the Mediterranean Sea on their first full day in Israel on March 25, 2022. (Courtesy/Liudmyla Matrenin)
August 19, 2022, 2:19 am
For Ukrainian refugees in Israel, Gaza operation rekindles still-smoldering trauma
Many fleeing the Russian invasion already have difficulty accessing child care and medicine while facing an uncertain future in the Jewish state. And then add falling rockets
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: A Russian woman seeking asylum in the United States recalls her trip from Russia to the Mexican border, standing near the San Ysidro Port of Entry into the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
April 26, 2022, 12:46 pm
Israel rejecting Russian, Belarusian asylum requests despite being party to treaty
Escaping arrest and even torture, dissidents face further hardship in Israel, with their requests neither approved nor denied for years, leaving them in limbo in a foreign country
By Tani Goldstein
Ukrainians who fled the fighting in Ukraine land at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv on March 17, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
April 13, 2022, 7:23 pm
High Court orders state to clarify entry cap on Ukrainian refugees
Judges seek explanation on why bilateral visa deal between Israel, Ukraine doesn’t apply to those fleeing Russian invasion
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked during a plenum session at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2022, 4:50 pm
Bennett tells ministers to stop using Shaked as a ‘punching bag’ on refugee issue
PM defends interior minister, saying policies coordinated with other ministers and authorities; urges cabinet to present a united front
By ToI Staff
Ukrainian immigrants to Israel who fled fighting in Ukraine arrive on a rescue flight at Ben Gurion Airport, on March 17, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
March 20, 2022, 2:06 am
Israel said planning interim caravan housing for Ukrainian immigrants in 3 cities
New arrivals expected to pay symbolic sum toward water and electricity, while most of the cost will be covered by the state at around NIS 500 million
By ToI Staff
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