Celebrating 10 Years

The MICA Project was founded by two law students in 2011 and began operations in 2012. From those two young graduates to a current staff of 16, the MICA Project has seen tremendous growth.

2022 was the perfect example of that growth - MICA received funding to expand its legal programming in rural Illinois, to oversee the provision of legal services for Afghan parolees in eastern Missouri, and to expand the Children's Immigrant Advocacy Project.

Despite its growth to a million-dollar budget, individual donations remain a substantial portion of the MICA Project's revenue. It is thanks to the many, many people who have supported this organization that we have been able to continue growing and working with the immigrant community to achieve family unity and avoid deportation. Thank you!

We met Akoua in 2013. We worked with her to convince immigration authorities that her marriage had been genuine and help them understand the traditional, cultural aspects of her relationship that didn’t always match a whitedominant archetype. She eventually received her permanent residency (green card) in immigration court.

After waiting the required 3 years, Akoua was able to work with us again in 2022 to obtain her US Citizenship. She, her husband, and their two beautiful children attended the oath ceremony in downtown St. Louis.

Now, we’ve submitted an application for Akoua’s mother to come to the U.S. to be able to live with her. She says she can’t wait for some help with childcare and of course for her children to get to grow up close to their grandmother.