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The Advocates for Human Rights

  • Location:
    330 2nd Ave S.
    Suite 800
    Minneapolis, MN 55401
  • Phone:
    (612) 341-9845
  • Fax:
    (612) 341-2971
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The Advocates for Human Rights provides free legal services to low-income asylum seekers, unaccompanied children, trafficking survivors, and immigrants in detention in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, and provides technical assistance and support to attorneys nationwide. The Advocates for Human Rights helps coordinate the Minnesota Detention Project and Juvenile Docket Screening Project to ensure access to legal services at the Fort Snelling Immigration Court. 

State served: Minnesota
Detention Facilities Served: Carver County Jail (MN), Freeborn County Adult Detention Center (MN), Nobles County Jail (MN), Ramsey County Adult Detention Center (MN), Sherburne County Facility (MN), Grand Forks County Correctional Facility (ND), Pennington County Jail (SD)

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Asylum applications, Employment authorization, Habeas Corpus, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas
Types of immigration legal services provided: 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
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, French, Haitian Creole, Russian, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Client intake line: (612) 341-9845. The Advocates for Human Rights represents clients from Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Theresa Dykoschak
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