Mary Rice

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota enhances opportunities for immigrants and refugees through legal representation for low-income individuals, and through education and advocacy with diverse communities. Our values are grounded in respect for and partnership with our immigrant and refugee clients. - We bring our full legal passion, dedicated attention and highest quality service to our low-income immigrant and refugee clients and their families - We value relationships with the communities we serve and seek to express their full potential and contributions through our work together - We work with excellence and integrity - We believe in taking action to make immigration systems work for all The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) was founded in 1976 as Oficina Legal, a program of Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS). Oficina Legal established itself as a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1996 due to federal restrictions on legal aid offices. The agency was later renamed to reflect the increasing diversity of the immigrant population it served. Over the last decade ILCM has established itself as Minnesota's premier provider of comprehensive immigration legal services to low-income clients of all nationalities.