With growing numbers of deportations and a heightened atmosphere for immigrants in mind, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, the Immigrant Law Center on Minnesota and the St. Paul City Attorney’s office will deliver a “Know Your Rights” presentation from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Progressive Baptist Church, 1505 Burns Ave. in St. Paul.
Topics will include understanding different types of legal warrants and other issues related to immigration enforcement and ICE activities. The St. Paul Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity also will discuss how to respond to unfair treatment on the job or in rental situations.
A light meal will be served and attendees will be entered into a raffle for a $50 gift card.
The event leads into international “Welcoming Week,” a series of health fairs, job fairs, legal clinics and community celebrations held throughout the world and aimed at welcoming recent immigrants. The events will run from Sept. 12 to Sept. 21. More information is online at welcomingweek.org.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 20, the International Institute of Minnesota will host a naturalization fair where the institute will join officials from the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis to help eligible Twin Cities residents learn how to become naturalized citizens. The location is 1694 Como Ave. in St. Paul.
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