Minnesota Interfaith Coalition on Immigration

ICOM is an antiracist grassroots, 501c3 non-profit organization that formed in 2008 in response to state and national policies which unfairly target immigrants and refugees. 

Guided by our faith values, ICOM is dedicated to advancing systemic changes to legislative and political structures to better protect the human and civil rights of immigrants and shield them from racial profiling and nativist bigotry. 

Our AID Director Sara recounted some of what she and our volunteers saw earlier this year during Operation Metro Surge:

"People were afraid to go to immigration appointments. On my watch, one of our clients was abducted at Whipple on his way to the bathroom. What haunts me is the image of him 30 minutes earlier praying over his rosary."

"On another occasion, one of our volunteers watched while six men in a single hearing were systematically arrested after speaking with the judge. At ISAP, an intensive monitoring program, our volunteers were threatened with arrest for being on the premises–even in the parking lot. The person they were accompanying never came back."