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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (Phoenix Office)

  • Location:
    PO Box 32670
    Phoenix, AZ 85064
  • Phone:
    (602) 307-1008
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

The Florence Project provides free legal services to men, women, and unaccompanied children detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security in Arizona.

Counties served: Maricopa, Pima, Pinal

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Cases are accepted through "Know Your Rights" presentations only. Six youth shelters are served throughout Maricopa county. This organization is a partner of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Detention Watch Network, Immigration Advocates Network, Kids In Need of Defense, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization, National Immigration Project

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Jamie Martin Bengtson
Executive Director:
Lauen Dasse
(520) 300-5259
Last contact date: May 8, 2018
Administrator comments: 11/16/12: tickler 11/8/13 updated by phone 12/11/14: tickler 4/27/16: tickler 08 May 2018: tickler
IAN Members? No
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