Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Inc.

The Florence Project is the only organization that provides large-scale free legal and integrated social services to the over 3,200 men, women, and unaccompanied children detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on any given day in Arizona.

Although the federal government assists indigent criminal defendants and civil litigants through public defenders and legal aid attorneys, it does not provide attorneys for people in immigration removal proceedings: a labrynthine process governed by extremely complex laws. As a result, an estimated 86 percent of immigrant detainees go unrepresented due to poverty.

The Florence Project strives to address this inequity and keep Arizona families together through direct service, partnerships with the community, and advocacy and outreach efforts.