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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 20h

Exceptions:
• If your work permit expires in Oct. 2026, it is still valid.
• If you applied for a work permit before Feb. 6, 2025, it’s automatically extended for 540 days.

Now is a great time to talk to an immigration attorney about your options.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 20h

But your end date depends on when you signed up:
• If you signed up in 2021, your TPS expires Nov. 7, 2025.
• If you signed up in 2023, your TPS already expired, but some exceptions may be in play.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 20h

Important information for our immigrant neighbors from Venezuela. If you have Temporary Protected Status (TPS), either in 2021 OR 2023, know that TPS is ending.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 20h

Excepciones:
• Si su permiso de trabajo vence en octubre de 2026, aún es válido.
• Si solicitó un permiso de trabajo antes del 6 de febrero de 2025, este se extiende automáticamente por 540 días.

Este es un buen momento para consultar con un abogado de inmigración sobre sus opciones.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 20h

La fecha de vencimiento depende de cuándo se inscribió:

• Si se inscribió en 2021, su TPS vence el 7 de noviembre de 2025.
• Si se inscribió en 2023, su TPS ya venció, pero podrían aplicarse algunas excepciones.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 20h

Información importante para nuestros vecinos inmigrantes de Venezuela. Si usted cuenta con el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS), ya sea en 2021 o 2023, tenga en cuenta que el TPS está por vencer.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 2d

To our clients and those relying on heat assistance, don’t delay, apply now! FYI, @noaa.gov predicts a colder-than-average MN winter! www.startribune.com/federal-heat...

Federal heating aid delays leave Minnesota propane users in especially ‘precarious position’

The state’s cold weather rule limits utilities from shutting off heat, but those protections don’t extend to propane or fuel oil users.

www.startribune.com

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 7d

It's pro bono week and we want to salute all the people who lend their time and legal expertise to making life better for our clients. This includes our law clerks like Yessenia Gutierrez who's a 3L at UMN Law School and bona fide attorneys like Aron Mosez.
#ProBonoWeek #LegalAid

Portrait of Yessenia Gutierrez, a law student, with a quote about their gratitude for opportunities involving community engagement, legal aid for immigrants, and plans post-graduation.

Attorney Aaron Mosecz smiling at a restaurant, with potted plants in the background. Text describes their commitment to community and pro bono work.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 8d

Cheers to Legal Aid attorneys staffing our community clinics! They bring justice to Minneapolis neighbors. TONIGHT, at Surly's Brewing, help bring more of them to fight for #HousingRights #ConsumerRights, #ImmigrantRights #HumanRights. Walk-ins welcome! OR buy your tix now https://bit.ly/4nV6KOq

Group of seven professionals smiling and standing in front of a "Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid" sign indoors.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 9d

We are proud of Sumbal Mahmud for being selected as one of Minnesota Lawyer's Top Women in Law 2025 honoree! Her professional accomplishments and leadership does not go unnoticed. Sumbal continues to trailblaze in order to ensure that justice is accessible to all Minnesotans!

Promotional banner for '2025 Top Women in Law' featuring Sumbal Mahmud, representing Minnesota Disability Law Center and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.

Individual standing in front of a wooden wall with illuminated text that reads 'Top Women in Law'.

A trophy of 2025 Top Women in Law award with the name Sumbal Mahmud, presented by the Minnesota Disability Law Center and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 12d

Cheers! Raise a glass to justice with Legal Aid Tuesday, Oct. 21, 5-8 p.m. Join us at Surly Brewing Co. to bring more Legal Aid lawyers to Minneapolis neighborhoods.
https://fundraise.givesmart.com/f/5i2q/n?vid=1l37l5
#LegalAid #CommunityClinics

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

—Jay Wilkinson, Jim Rubenstein, Ann Cofell.

Search Laurie Davison on our website to learn more about her legacy, which included two trips to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

Our deep gratitude belongs to Scott and his wife Barbara, along with Kathie Farhione and Laurie's contemporaries, among the most brilliant legal minds in our organization's storied history, who made the time to witness this occasion: Jerry Lane, Mike Fargione, Eric Janus, Kathleen Davis, Anne Henry—

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

Scott shared these words as he parted with this cherished artifact of Laurie's legacy, "You know, I have a lot of nostalgic value for some things, but I decided the nostalgic value here is not nearly as much as the possible useful value in having this briefcase be used by a Legal Aid lawyer."

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

—She (Robertson) does it in the same way Laurie did with that passion for justice while also supporting lawyers with less experience and treating them well in that process.”

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

Former Deputy Director Ann Cofell agreed wholeheartedly with consensus that Anne be the recipient of Laurie's briefcase, “Laurie would be so proud of Anne and the work she does.—

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

Anne championed the effort to dedicate the library to Laurie's legacy, and according to those who knew both Laurie and Anne, she has carried on the verve and passion for legal challenges just as Laurie did.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

Scott was Laurie's husband, who along with their two sons survived Laurie following her passing from pancreatic cancer in 1997. The presentation took place in what is now known as the “Laurie Davison Memorial Civil Rights Law Library” on the third floor of our Minneapolis offices.

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 13d

Attorney Anne Robertson got the surprise of a lifetime. The briefcase that once belonged to legendary Legal Aid Attorney, and star Litigator, Laurie Davison was presented to Anne by Dr. Scott Dyer.
#LegalAid #Legacy

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 14d

As a #MNLeg working group studies seclusion in schools and possibility of making it legal for K-3 students with disabilities, listen to the words of students who experienced it. Legislative Advocate Ryan Haenze shares stories from our young clients. .https://youtu.be/uGobFwvp22o?start=3174&end=3340

Seclusion Working Group - 10/08/25

YouTube video by Minnesota Senate Media Services

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 15d

Support Legal Aid in the community! Buy your ticket to "Legal Aid Lights the Way;" Help phenomenal attorneys like Gabrielle Maginn protect the rights of our neighbors with more attorneys at Minneapolis community clinics. Join us, Tuesday, Oct. 21 at Surly Brewing! https://bit.ly/3KX0yqx
#LegalAid

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 16d

As Latine Heritage Month comes to a close, we’re highlighting the voices of our colleagues. Hear from Belky Hernandez, Karen Ortiz and Dania Barrera Carrasco as they share what their Latine heritage means to them.
#LatineHeritageMonth #LegalAid

Three people smiling at the camera, arranged in a triangular layout against contrasting indoor backgrounds.

Quote by Law Clerk Dania Barrera Carrasco expressing pride in her Mexican heritage and her role in providing reassurance and comfort to clients from similar cultural backgrounds in the legal field.

Text in image: "I am proud to have grown only speaking Spanish because it now means I can use my language skills to advocate and provide services to the clients that come into our offices! Being Latina means being a safe space especially for members of my community! — Intake Specialist Ortiz

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 20d

"Being Latino is pride in where I come from and commitment to lifting others as I move forward. I help people navigate FMLA, job searches, career growth. It's more than paperwork, it’s ensuring people know their rights, feel seen & are protected from injustice." - Jesus Segovia
#LatineHeritageMonth

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 21d

Attorney Laurie Davison left us far too soon. A brilliant litigator, she led our senior law unit and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, twice! On the occasion of her birthday, we revisit her legacy and news of the library named in her honor in this piece written a year ago.
https://bit.ly/3Nm2WoM

Legal Aid celebrates life of legend, birth of library - Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

On the occasion of her birthday, Legal Aid Lawyer Laurie Davison is remembered this Oct. 11 by colleagues as a generous mentor and brilliant legal scholar. She pursued cases that changed law, improved lives and got the attention of the U.S. Supreme Cour...

mylegalaid.org

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Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid @legalaidmn.bsky.social · 22d

It’s knowing that when our communities are targeted, we speak up, and we show up for each other.

Latine heritage isn’t just history- it’s us, right now, in how we are choosing to show up in the world."

#LatineHeritageMonth #LegalAid