Volunteer Guide

The Advocates for Human Rights

  • Location:
    330 2nd Ave S.
    Suite 800
    Minneapolis, MN 55401
  • Phone:
    (612) 341-9845
  • Fax:
    (612) 341-2971

The Advocates for Human Rights provides free legal services to low-income asylum seekers in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; connects formerly-detained families with legal services through the National Asylum Help Line; 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. 

 

During COVID-19, our physical offices are closed, but our client intake line remains open and we continue to provide intake, opportunities for training and volunteering for pro bono attorneys, and pro bono services to trafficking victims, asylum seekers, and people in immigration detention.

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, Habeas Corpus, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas
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, Portuguese, Spanish, Somali, Tetun

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes