Since the |CE siege in Minnesota started in late December ’25, friends have asked how to help. Below are a few ideas of organizations I work with. Thank you all for caring!
– Karen
Update: There is still fear and financial suffering throughout our community as agents detain immigrants who are lawfully in this country.
DISPEL IMMIGRATION MYTHS
Pass along this article–It is NOT political and dispels immigrant myths with FACTS:
Skeptoid: Many of our preconceived notions about immigrants likely bear very little resemblance to the facts.
NPR: A 31 minute listen on the Refugee Immigration Conveyer Belt in Texas. Refugee and green card status is now leaving immigrants vulnerable to arrest in Minnesota and detainment in Texas.
FactCheck.org: As ICE Arrests Increased, a Higher Portion Had No U.S. Criminal Record
HELP REBUILD OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
TheSaltCureFund.org: Our restaurant community is suffering. They were the first people to step forward and help feed the rest of our community.
GIVE MONEY FOR BASIC NEEDS
For Twin Cities families who are afraid to leave their homes to shop, go to work, or to send their children to school during this time. These orgs work with volunteers who are delivering to doorsteps:
PRISM: A northwest Twin Cities food shelf, also helping with other basic needs like clothing, housing and rent. Here is a link to their Emergency Rent Relief fund.
1220 Zane Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Second Harvest Heartland: Provides emergency food boxes to temporary distribution sites for home deliveries by volunteers.
Stand With Minnesota: Links to Rent relief, help with Legal fees, Pet and Animal support (pets left behind after owners are arrested)…
DHH Operation/Operación DHH : Dios Habla Hoy Church in South Minneapolis
Their donation link uses Zeffy which charges a 14% fee. Send money directly to the church to avoid the fee, and mark to be used for greatest need/groceries/rent, etc.:
DHHMN, 5728 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55417
Watch a local Twin Cites News video about DHH
Manna Market: A food recovery distribution center. Mark your donation to be used for Food Deliveries.
Their online donation fee is only about 4% but you can mail a check to:
Manna Market, 8299 Central Ave NE, Spring Lake Park, MN 55432
Every Meal: This is near to my heart, as I volunteer at an elementary school Every Meal program where many of the students are immigrant families from Latin America and Somalia. Out of those 500 students, many are staying home since a parent was abducted by |CE at their child’s bus stop. School staff and volunteers are helping families who can’t leave their homes. Watch a local Twin Cities News video about Every Meal.
GIVE MONEY FOR HELP AFTER DETAINMENT
Haven Watch: Haven Watch Minnesota gives emergency help to people released from ICE detention centers in Minnesota, often traumatized, without phones, IDs, transportation, or even proper clothing in extreme cold. It has quickly grown into providing legal and healthcare help, help navigating the immigration system and helping with lost wages.
GIVE MONEY FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Recently there have been wrongful detainments of people already in the immigration process and even naturalized U.S. citizens suddenly sent away from their families in Minnesota, leaving no word of where they have been sent. A common theme is that they are sent to El Paso, TX almost immediately.
Stand With Minnesota: Links to Rent relief, help with Legal fees, Pet and Animal support (pets left behind after owners are arrested)…
GoFundMe: There are many funds, and I can personally vouch for this: Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of Plymouth (MN) houses a Spanish Immersion Daycare. There have been multiple instances of their staff and family members being wrongfully detained, and the families are facing fear and financial hardship.
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits has this very helpful page:
Supporting Community During ICE Operations
HELP PETS LEFT BEHIND
Helping Pets Left Behind
“INJUSTICE ANYWHERE is a threat to JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.