Thank you everyone for making the 1st annual festival of rights a success! Thanks to our partners, Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association and CLUES for working with us to put on this amazing event! Thanks to the Beautiful Laundrette for hosting and Malamanya for ending our event with music, fun, and dancing! Thank you to the following organizations for […]

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Summer Celebration! Thank you to Ernest Bisong for the amazing music, Sandra Feist for your moving words, Board Member and former ILCM client, Andrea Valdez Correa for sharing your powerful story, and our pro bono awardees, Braynell Danue Estrada Britton and Audrey Callerstrom, for all you […]

June 13, 2022 – ILCM will present virtual panel discussion marking the 10th anniversary of DACA on June 14.   Home is Here: A Virtual Discussion on a Decade of DACA and the Future for Dreamers will provide an overview of the DACA program; discuss the impact of the program on participants, businesses, and communities; and […]

June 13, 2022—Today Governor Walz will sign Chapter 45, Senate File 2736, establishing a juvenile guardianship process for at-risk youth ages 18 to 21 to help ensure that they receive the resources necessary for their health, safety, and education.   Previously in Minnesota, there were only processes in place for youth under the age of 18. […]

May 10, 2022—As the first American-born member of her undocumented family, Doris Muñoz balanced her own life and career with her responsibility to her undocumented family. Her documentary film, Mija, follows the close-knit family’s struggle for secure permanent residency status and financial stability.   Veena Iyer, executive director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota and […]

This fact sheet is current as of May 4, 2022. Click here for a printable PDF version of this fact sheet. On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) that increases the automatic extension period for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to 540 days for certain EAD renewal applicants. […]

As an Equal Justice Works Fellow working at the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) and sponsored by 3M and Faegre, Drinker, Biddle, & Reath, I have been able to provide much needed legal resources and support to immigrant young adults in the Twin Cities area. My Equal Justice Works project focuses on responding to […]

At the end of March, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced the end of the Title 42 ban on migrants and asylum seekers on May 23. The Department of Human Services has prepared a 17-page plan for dealing with the increased number of migrants after May 23. Nonetheless, Republicans and a few Democrats propose […]

ILCM welcomes three new board members – Riham Reshir, Maria Kannankutty, and Lupita Herrera!  Riham Feshir Riham Feshir has been a senior writer with RBC Wealth Management since 2021. In her role on the corporate communications team, she crafts articles for various channels, strategically plans and executes content for external audiences and researches and pitches […]