Mr. Speaker. I rise to praise and commend the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) on the occasion of its centennial celebration. . HIAS has consistently been praised by almost every segment of the American Jewish and secular community. From the time when sympathetic HIAS representatives assisted Jewish immigrants being mistreated by boards of special inquiry and indiscriminately insensitive immigration officers on Ellis Island in the late 1800s. to the present resettlement of tens of thousands of Indochinese and Soviet Jews annually. HIAS has worked diligently to achieve such recognition and acclaim. HIAS has proved invaluable to whole generations of American Jews and nonJews in beginning fruitful lives in America by assisting them with job training. housing. job placement. family reunification. language instruction. and sound financial advice. By World War I HIAS had expanded Its efforts and became the leading voice for liberal immigration policy. The societys efforts in courts of law. State legislatures. the Halls of Congress. and the White House did much for new Americans of all races. religions. and creeds.
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