Minnesota Detention Project

Volunteer attorneys Kevin Magnuson and Jeff Keyes took their detained client's case to the U.S. Supreme Court

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights represents non-citizens detained in immigration custody, providing consultations and representation to all immigration detainees at their initial appearances in Immigration Court. This is the only opportunity for the vast majority of the hundreds of non-citizens detained by immigration authorities in Minnesota to meet with an attorney prior to their removal hearings. Read more

Minnesota Advocates Concludes Fact-Finding Mission to Bulgaria (July 2007)
8/7/2007 10:27 AM

Minnesota Advocates Testifies at Congressional Briefing on Medical Treatment at Immigration Detention Centers
7/10/2007 9:59 AM

"Journey to Safety" at National Criminal Justice Conference
7/10/2007 8:41 AM

Volunteer Penny Parker Presents a Report to the UN on the Current Status of the UN Treaty System
6/20/2007 11:00 AM

Women's Program Selected to Conduct Human Sex Trafficking Needs Assessment for the State of Minnesota
6/4/2007 1:20 PM

Challenged to Educate Equally
8/16/2007

Voices From Silence: Personal Accounts of the Long-Term Impact of 9/11
8/22/2007 11:30 AM

Minnesota Advocates at the 2007 State Fair!
8/23/2007

 

Women's Program Fall House Party/Fundraiser
9/6/2007 5:30 PM

The Andre Thomas Death Penalty Case Serious Mental Illness on Trial (or not?)
9/13/2007 12:00 PM

Latin American student leaders visit University
7/25/2007 11:18 AM

VOA Interviews Michele Garnett McKenzie on Problems with Immigration Detainee Health Care
7/16/2007 8:09 PM

Star Tribune Publishes Letter to the Editor by Cheryl Thomas and Angela Bortel of Minnesota Advocates' Women's Program
7/16/2007 10:08 AM

MPR Midmorning Show Discusses Guantanamo Bay with James Dorsey, Board Member of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
6/21/2007 9:00 AM

Michele Garnett McKenzie speaks to BBC World Service about Increasing Use of DNA Testing in Immigration Cases
4/30/2007 10:37 PM

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features Article on Liberia TRC Project
4/24/2007 1:00 AM