Legal Support

Southeastern Minnesota Interfaith Immigrant Legal Defense

An interfaith, community-based organization providing immigration legal defense and support to individuals and families facing detention or deportation in southeastern Minnesota. Services include legal representation coordination, accompaniment, community education, and advocacy rooted in faith-based solidarity.

The Advocates for Human Rights

A nonprofit human rights organization providing legal services, education, and advocacy to protect and promote international human rights. Work includes immigration and asylum representation, anti-trafficking efforts, monitoring detention conditions, and training advocates, lawyers, and community members.

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services

A nonprofit legal services organization providing free civil legal aid to low-income individuals, seniors, and agricultural workers across southern Minnesota. Services include housing, family law, public benefits, immigration, education, and consumer protection.

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

A nonprofit legal services organization providing free civil legal advice, representation, and education to low-income people, seniors 60+, and people with disabilities in central Minnesota. They help with housing, family law, public benefits, disability, immigration, tax, and more.

Groundwork Legal

Groundwork Legal is a nonprofit legal organization providing direct legal services, education, and movement defense support for activists and communities facing state violence and political repression. Their work includes protest defense, legal observer programs, and strategic litigation to protect civil and human rights.

National Lawyers Guild

A national association of lawyers, legal workers, law students, and jailhouse lawyers dedicated to using the law to advance human rights and social justice. Founded in 1937, the Guild provides legal support, education, and advocacy for movements challenging systemic injustice, including protest defense, civil liberties protection, and accountability for government and law-enforcement actions.

ACLU of Minnesota

Founded in 1952 as the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Minnesota continues to promote, protect, and extend the civil liberties and civil rights of people in Minnesota through litigation, lobbying, and community engagement.

Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

MIBF posts immigration bonds for residents of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Kentucky (or individuals who intend to live in one of these states upon release) regardless of where they are detained. MIBF also posts bonds for people detained by ICE in facilities in IN, WI, MN, and KY regardless of their residency. Beyond that,[…]

Volunteer Lawyers Network

Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN) helps Minnesotans experiencing poverty with civil legal issues by connecting clients with volunteer attorneys. They help clients with a wide range of civil legal issues, including bankruptcy, criminal record expungement, eviction defense, eviction expungement, family law, immigration, and much more. Every year, they provide thousands of free legal services through the[…]

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) is a nonprofit organization that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. ILCM also works to educate the community about immigration matters and advocates for public policies which respect the universal human rights of immigrants.

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