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Statement: Federal response to fraud allegations further victimizes refugees – Mid-MN Legal Aid

STATEMENT: (Minneapolis, Minn.) — As reports flood in of our refugee clients being taken by government agents, we can confirm this is indeed happening. We find these detainments to be an extraordinary effort to the claim that removing refugees will somehow combat fraud.

Statement: Suddenly parentless, what happens to children of ICE detainees? – Mid-MN Legal Aid

STATEMENT: (Minneapolis, Minn.) – Immigration attorneys at Mid-Minnesota Legal say protocols vary when a child is left behind following the ICE arrest of a parent.

Statement: We uphold every legal protection in place for our immigrant neighbors — Mid-MN Legal Aid

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid stands with our immigrant neighbors in the Somali community as we await official word regarding their TPS status.

Heat in winter is the law for most but not all – Statement

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid is urging clients, and anyone who relies on heat assistance, to apply for help through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), even though the government shutdown is delaying energy assistance.

Legal Aid responds to termination of housing support program – Statement

STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn): As the Department of Human Services seeks reforms to the Housing Stabilization Supports program, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid offers these comments.

Minnesota Supreme Court restores fairness to lowest-income renters – Statement

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid celebrates the ruling from the state’s highest court, in favor of our client, as a win for renters of subsidized housing everywhere in Minnesota.

Legal Aid pays tribute to champion of DV survivors

STATEMENT (St. Cloud, Minn.) Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid joins the St. Cloud community in mourning the death and celebrating the life of Maxine Barnett, founder and longtime executive director of Anna Marie’s Alliance. 

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and Central Minnesota Legal Services Remember Melissa Hortman

JOINT STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Heartbroken, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and Central Minnesota Legal Services extend deepest condolences to all who had the privilege of knowing Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid union, management ratify agreement

JOINT STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) We — the MMLA Workers Union and MMLA Management, together — are thrilled to announce the ratification of the first Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in our institution’s storied history.

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