LEGAL INFORMATION FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGES
If ICE is at your door
Stay safe and know your rights
Information for those detained by ICE:
Information provided by the MN Office of the Ombuds
Information for Dreamers (DACA)
Legal Support options
Free legal assistance to low income asylum seekers, including those in detention; information and resources on immigrant rights.
No-cost immigration legal assistance to low-income immigrants and refugees of all nationalities living in Minnesota.
Areas of assistance: DACA renewals;
U Visa /VAWA/Removal of Conditions based on abuse; U Visa adjustments; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status; Naturalization; Temporary Protected Status; Refugee adjustments
Client intake phone: 1-800-223-1368
(see website for intake hours)
Priority case phone: 651-641-1011
The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), a program of Pro Bono Net, is dedicated to expanding access to immigration legal resources and information through collaboration and technology. IAN was created in 2007 by leading immigrants' rights organizations, to increase access to justice for low-income immigrants and strengthen the capacity of organizations serving them.
This is a directory of many contacts (Minnesota and national) for probono representation, help filling out forms for filing with USCIS, etc.
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals.
430 First Avenue North, Suite 300 Minneapolis MN 55401-1780
Intake line: 1-877-696-6529
The Minnesota Freedom Fund pays criminal bail and immigration bond for those who cannot afford to as we seek to end discriminatory, coercive, and oppressive jailing.
Minnesota Freedom Fund
PO Box 6398
Minneapolis, MN, 55406-0398
info@mnfreedomfund.org
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Services provides immigration services to low-income clients in the east metro and southern Minnesota. Services include naturalization, adjustment of status (family and refugee/asylee), U Visa, VAWA, visa petitions for spouses and minor children, and replacement of lost/stolen/expired immigration documents.
450 N. Syndicate St, Suite 285
St. Paul, MN 55104
1-877-696-6529
LSS offers low cost legal services to asylees, refugees and immigrants; they help find housing and other resources
612-879-5258
Litigation with nationwide impact, advocacy, and public outreach, the ACLU protects the rights and liberties of immigrants. Info on resources for immigrants.
Initial applications, family reunification, adjustment of status for green card and citizenship, other immigration services.
Walk-in hours for immigration questions and to set up appointments: Thursdays, 1-4pm
122 Franklin Avenue West, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Immigration Assistance: 612-874-8605
Voice: 612-870-3600
Fax: 612-870-3622
mcc@mnchurches.org
Advocate for fair, just and humane immigration practices, laws, policies.
