What it does
The mission of the immigrant law center of minnesota (ilcm) is to enhance opportunities for immigrants and refugees through legal representation for low-income individuals, and through education and advocacy with diverse communities.
New americans immigration hub project: new in 2024, this project is a collaboration of efforts, time, skills, expertise, and resources by similar immigration-legal organizations in the state of minnesota. The hub makes it easier for new minnesotans to access legal services by creating coordinated intake systems, new clinic locations, specialized educational materials, collaborative outreach efforts, and a more thoughtful referral network. In 2025, ilcm participated in 23 clinics through the hub project.
General legal services: the immigrant law center of minnesota (ilcm) provides brief legal advice, referrals, and representation in a variety of immigration matters to support immigrants and refugees in achieving security, opportunity and prosperity. Immigration matters handled include applications for temporary protected status (tps); deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) renewals; special immigrant juvenile status (sijs) for abused and neglected children; u and t visas and violence against women act (vawa) protection for survivors of domestic violence and other serious crimes; green cards; citizenship, and defenses against deportation. In 2025, ilcm worked on 3,533 cases.
Rural immigration project: this project provides legal representation and education to immigrants and their families living in greater minnesota. This project focuses on providing services in the areas of minnesota where the highest immigrant and refugee populations reside and immigration legal services are least available. Services are based out of satellite offices in austin, moorhead, and worthington. 16% of ilcm's 2025 cases (or 552) were in greater minnesota.