Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice!

Free Immigration Legal Services

Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice  serves the immigrant and refugee community across the state by providing free or low-cost immigration legal counsel and representation.  We hold regular monthly immigration legal clinics in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Storm Lake, Ottumwa, Columbus Junction, Marshalltown, and Decorah/Postville.  We assist people with family-based immigration; humanitarian programs including Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), asylum, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and U-visas; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS); removal defense; and naturalization and citizenship.

Iowa MMJ currently accepts clients through 7 regional clinics and various special projects.  

Our Regional Clinics are generally monthly events in which we see new clients from the geographical areas near the clinic sites.  Each of our clinic sites have one or two volunteer clinic coordinators who handle all logistics of the monthly clinic event.  We are very grateful to our volunteer clinic coordinators!  The regional clinic sites are: Des Moines, Storm Lake, Cedar Rapids, Columbus Junction, Ottumwa. Decorah/Postville (these clinics are quarterly), and Marshalltown.

The IMJ Legal Clinic is held at Grace in Fellowship Hall on the 3rd Monday of each month from 2 to 8 p.m.

Legal Services

We regularly represent people or assist in application preparations for the following types of cases:

  • Family-based immigration, including petitions, adjustment of status, and consular processing

  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

  • Temporary Protected Status

  • VAWA (Violence Against Women Act immigration-related benefits)

  • U-visas

  • T-visas

  • SIJS (Special Immigrant Juvenile Status), including for Unaccompanied Minors

  • Asylum

  • Cancellation

  • Removal defense

  • Naturalization and Citizenship