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American Jewish World Service is the leading international Jewish human rights and development organization, supporting more than 500 social justice efforts in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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AJWS Statement on the Need to Extend Temporary Protected Status and Humanitarian Parole

AJWS applauds the Biden administration for extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from Ukraine, Venezuela, Sudan and El Salvador last week. But this extension is not enough. AJWS supports grassroots activists in Haiti and Nicaragua, where the human rights crises are dire—Haiti’s government has collapsed, with gangs violently ruling the country. In Nicaragua, the …

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