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The U of M Law School Receives a Helping Hand for Immigration & Refugee Services
Posted on Feb 10 2017
The Center for New Americans’ mission is to improve federal immigration law and policy, protect detainee rights, improve access to legal representation for refugees and immigrants, and educate non-citizens about their legal rights pro-bono.
Recently, the Robina Foundation pledged $25 million to go towards the Center for New Americans’ work. In light of the recent events, it’s hard not to consider the timing of the donation. However, the foundation has stated that the decision to make the donation was not driven by the recent Executive Actions. Actually, the Robina board committed to fund the endowment last summer, but were waiting to make the formal announcement.
The Center for New Americans has formal partnerships with the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, The Advocates for Human Rights, and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, as well as,three prominent law firms (Faegre Baker Daniels, Robins Kaplan, and Dorsey & Whitney). The recent pledge comes as good news.