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For Minnesotans
The Advocates compiles and generates a great deal of information about immigration and immigrant rights in Minnesota. To learn more, please browse the list below.

Minnesota Immigrant Quotient (I.Q.) Test
To test your knowledge about immigration in Minnesota, please click here.

Immigrant Stories
To read about the struggles and challenges faced by some of Minnesota's immigrants in their journeys to the U.S., please click here.

Voices from Silence
The Advocates has released a report which details the impact of 9/11 on the lives of immigrants, refugees, and religious minorities in Minnesota. This report documents personal stories of fear and discrimination in a post-9/11 environment, and contextualizes them with an overview of laws and policies that have affected these communities. To download a PDF copy of this report, please click here.

General Immigration Facts
For facts about the history of immigration to Minnesota, the current foreign-born population, refugees, and undocumented workers, please click here.

Dispelling the Myths About New Hmong Refugees
During 2004-2005, Minnesota received approximately 5,000 refugees from the Was Tham Krabok refugee camp. To find out more about how we can dispell the myths associated with this population, including their English acquisition, welfare use, and employment, please click here.

Reports
For reports about immigrants and immigration in Minnesota, please click here.

Local Immigration Law
To find out more about why immigrant advocates should appeal to lawmakers to uphold immigration separation ordinances and oppose the creation of a memorandum of understanding, please click here. To find out more about separation ordinances protecting battered immigrant women, please click here.

Legislation and Advocacy
To find out more about what local advocates have said about comprehensive immigration reform, click here. For legislative updates in Minnesota, please click here.

Services in Minnesota
For a list of free and low-cost immigration services in Minnesota, please click here.

Community Activities
To find out about upcoming activities within the immigrant communities in Minnesota, please click here.