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F or years, the Florence Project has assisted women fleeing gender-based violence, spe-cifically domestic violence (DV). Despite the

advocacy of immigration attorneys in seminal cases such as Matter of R-A-, it has been difficult for domestic violence survivors to be recognized as a particular so-cial group for asylum purposes. However, on August 26, 2014, the legal landscape changed with Matter of A-R-C-G-, 26 I&N Dec. 388 (BIA 2014). For the first time, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a published, precedential decision recognizing a victim of domestic violence to be a member of a particular social group composed of “married women in Guatemala who are unable to leave their relationship.” We at the Florence Project and advocates around the country hope that

this will pave the way for many more DV survivors to win asylum. Although it continues to be difficult to win these cases, we are hopeful that this recent decision will signal the increased recognition of gender based violence for asylum claims.

Here on the ground, the Florence Project remains committed to assisting DV survivors with their le-gal cases. Our focus continues to include assistance with completing asylum applications, preparation for individual merits hearings, and finding pro bono placements for our clients both before the Immigra-tion Judge and on appeal. However, given the large numbers of women seeking asylum based on DV and more general, gender-based violence, we have started implementing workshops in order to provide assis-

tance to a larger number of women at the same time. The workshop, which currently runs about 3-4 hours, includes general information about the asylum pro-cess, but focuses on teaching women to articulate the violence they suffered. For a variety of reasons, includ-ing discomfort, shame, and lack of knowledge, women often only mention beatings and other physical harm when questioned about their abuse. Therefore, a key part of the workshop is a discussion and participatory activity, to help women identify the multiple forms of violence they suffered including sexual, physical, emo-tional, and economic violence as well as the ways in which they were treated like property, to help prepare their testimony. The workshop also discusses gathering

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ASSISTING WOMEN WITH GENDER-BASED ASYLUM CLAIMSBy Rekha Nair, Esq.,Legal Fellow

BOARD & STAFF 2015 2CELEBRATIONS 3

KEEPING OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER 4STAFF CORNER 5

VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS 6–7MISSION & VISION 8

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

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Cover banner based on a painting by former Staff Attorney Luis Mancheno

The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project is proud to celebrate our 25th Anniversary in 2015. Our 25th anniversary celebration will include multiple events throughout the year in both Phoenix and Tucson, and will allow us

to thank and reconnect with our supporters, and attract new supporters in our community for the years to come.

Are you a former Florence Project staff member, board member, volunteer, pro bono attorney, or client? We want to hear from you! As part of our 25th anniversary, we are collecting accounts, reflections, or fun stories of

your time with us. Maybe you can even join us during our upcoming 25th anniversary events! Please send your information to [email protected] with the subject line: FIRRP Family, so that we can get your story and

make sure you’re up to date with our celebrations!

THE FLORENCE PROJECT IS CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY!


BOARD OF DIRECTORSAl Arpad, Esq. Board President

Fennemore Craig, PC

Honorable Noel Fidel, Esq. Board President Emeritus

Milagros Cisneros, Esq. Vice President

Office of the Federal Defender

Margarita Silva, Esq. Secretary

M Silva Law Firm PLC

Ira Feldman Treasurer

Felco Business Services

Sam Adair, Esq. Graham Adair LLP

Sara Agne, Esq. Snell & Wilmer LLP

Susan Anderson, Esq. Office of the Federal Public

Defender

Dan Bagatell, Esq. Perkins Coie LLP

Leticia Hernandez California United Bank

Luis Ibarra

Member

Margaret E. Kirch

Member

Andrew Silverman, J.D. University of Arizona James E.

Rogers College of Law

Cindy Villanueva, Esq. Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP

STAFFADMINISTRATION

Lauren Dasse, Esq. Executive Director

Christian Avila Office Coordinator

Mariana del Hierro Development & Outreach

Coordinator

FLORENCE & ELOY TEAMS

Laura St. John, Esq. Managing Attorney

Ben Harville, Esq. Eloy Staff Attorney

Rekha Nair, Esq. Legal Fellow

Nathan Regenold Florence Legal Assistant

Cindy Schlosser Social Services Coordinator

Stephanie Quintana-Martinez Eloy Legal Assistant

Charles Vernon, J.D. Eloy Legal Representative

CHILDREN’S TEAM

Gladis Molina, Esq. Program Director

Brenda Aguirre, Esq.

justice AmeriCorps Fellow

Laura Belous, Esq.

Tucson Supervising Attorney

Maria Aparicio, Esq.

Tucson Staff Attorney

Kira Aranow

Phoenix Legal Assistant

Mindy Butler-Christensen, Esq. Phoenix Staff Attorney

Rocío Castañeda, Esq.

Phoenix Supervising Attorney

Noriana Colon-Mercado, Esq.

Phoenix Staff Attorney

Claudia Diaz

Phoenix Office Coordinator

Elizabeth Garcia


Laura Gutierrez Phoenix Legal Assistant

Maria LaLone Phoenix Administrative

Assistant

Beth Lowry

Tucson Legal Assistant

Golden McCarthy, Esq.

Phoenix Supervising Attorney

Adriana Moreno Nevárez, Esq. Phoenix Staff Attorney

Carmen Perez


Vanessa Pineda, Esq.

Pro Bono Coordinator

Yesenia Ramales


Michelle Rudy

Released Children’s Specialist

Martin Ruiz


Daniela Ugaz


Jennifer Varela


Jordan Weiner


Board & Staff 2015

T he increase of immigrant children crossing our border in the summer of 2014 was heavily covered by local, national, and

international media. Images of children being appre-hended in the desert by Border Patrol and huddled in processing centers are permanently etched in our collective memories. But over six months after this initial crisis, what has happened to these children who crossed our southern border, escaping violence in search of a better life?

The Florence Project has worked with unaccom-panied immigrant children for the past 15 years. For years, these children have been coming to our borders, seeking protection from war, increasing gang violence, domestic abuse at home, human trafficking, labor exploitation, extreme poverty, and/or to reunite with family members. At many times, it is not a single fac-tor but a combination of factors that propels children to take the perilous journey north. They leave their homes and risk everything to come to the U.S., where they are put in immigration proceedings. Many of these children qualify for relief from deportation that would allow them to remain in the U.S. lawfully, but fail to obtain relief because of lack of access to legal counsel. Children are not provided with government-appointed attorneys in immigration proceedings, and fighting deportation is not easy. Our Immigration Court system is adversarial and more often than not, even an English-speaking professional will be left perplexed by the complexity and harshness of our laws.

The Florence Project Children’s Program has been providing legal services for unaccompanied minors de-tained in Arizona for years. However, once released from detention, many children were left to continue fighting their deportation on their own. Even when many private attorneys in Arizona volunteered to take cases pro bono (free of charge), the need greatly surpassed their kind-ness.

Because of the increased need, the Florence Project sought funding to provide services for children released to the Phoenix area. Last fall, due to funding from jus-

tice AmeriCorps and national foundations, such as the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants and the Howard G. Buffet Foundation, the Florence Project was able to expand our legal representation of released un-accompanied immigrant children in the Phoenix area. We were able to hire both legal and social services staff members to provide free legal and related social ser-vices to our young clients living in the Phoenix area.

We have quickly developed (and continue to strat-egize) a plan to serve the growing legal and social needs of this population. We are discovering that many of these children qualify for relief in the form of asy-lum, protection for victims of trafficking or victims of violence, and/or because they have been abandoned, abused, or severely neglected by caregivers in their

home countries. In addition, we are learning that they often have important social needs due to their vulner-ability as children and/or the violence they have ex-perienced or witnessed. We are grateful to have social services staff members advocate for the needs of our young clients, including housing, counseling, enroll-ment in school, accompaniment through difficult pro-cesses, and obtaining medical attention. The last few months have been very busy, filled with challenges and successes. We look forward to serving this vulnerable population as we continue to fulfill our organization’s mission of ensuring that all immigrants, including im-migrant children, are treated humanely and fairly.

AFTER THE DUST HAS SETTLED:FILLING THE LEGAL SERVICE GAP FOR

RELEASED UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN ARIZONA

By Rocío Castañeda, Esq., Children’s Program Supervising Attorney

Florence Project staff provide a ‘Know Your Rights’ presen-tation to children clients before their individual intakes.


and submitting supporting documents and includes a mock merits hearing to prepare women for the types of intrusive questions that may arise during the hearing.

Thus far we have held three rounds of workshops with approximately 20-25 women each. We have collected feed-back through anonymous evaluations, and the response has been extremely positive. When asked to rate the work-

shop on a scale of 1, being not useful, to 5, being very useful, women have overwhelming rated the work-shop a 5. Women were also asked which part of the

workshop was their favorite or the most useful, and which was the least. Again, the commentary was over-whelmingly positive, and we will continue to offer the

workshops, as staff capacity allows. The Florence Project is actively seeking funding to ensure that these workshops remain a permanent component of our work, and so that we can increase representation of asylum seekers.

ASSISTING WOMEN WITH GENDER-BASED CLAIMS

WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKSHOPS SAID:

CLANDESTINO! Presents:

FREEDOM IN FLIGHT A benefit concert for

25th Anniversary!

25 APRIL

@ The Pressroom

@ the Pressroom 441 W. Madison st., Phoenix

With special guests:

CELEBRATE WITH US!

Join us for a benefit concert celebrating the Florence Project’s 25th Anniversary! Clandestino, a Phoenix monthly Latino music event, will host a benefit concert with

L.A.-based band Chicano Batman! Not to be missed! The event will be held April 25th at the Pressroom in Phoenix. Please check www.firrp.org for more information.

Tickets are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door.

We are also organizing a special 25th anniversary reception to honor our devoted pro bono attorneys and volunteers at Lewis Roca Rothgerber, on June

11, 2015. We hope to bring together volunteer alumni as well as Florence Project staff alumni to commemorate 25 years of their service to the Project.

More details for this event will be announced as they become available.

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“Los casos de violencia que hay, que hemos pasado, y hay veces que no nos dábamos cuenta, nos explicaron de la mejor manera y me pareció muy útil para mi caso. “

—“The types of violence that exist and that we have experienced—there are times when we don’t realize [that it is violence], you explained it to us in the best way and it seemed

very useful for my case.”

“La dramatización [fue la parte más útil] porque me guiaron como actuar en el día de mi corte.”

—“The dramatization [was the most useful part], because it

guided me on how to act on the day of my court.”

“Mi favorita fue la mini actuación sobre la corte final que no mostraron, ya que pudimos entender mucho mejor a lo que nos podríamos enfrentar en el futuro.”

—“My favorite was the mini-role play about the final court hearing that you

showed us. With it we could better understand the things we could confront in the future.”

“La parte más útil para mí fue cuando hablaron como entregar los pruebas para la corte final.”

—“The most useful part for me was when we discussed how to

submit evidence for the final hearing.”

“Para mi todas la platicas fueron útil y nos sirvió de mucha formas.”

—“For me, all of the discussions were useful

and they helped in various ways.”

Florence Project staff with one of the posters used for the gender-based violence asylum workshops.


A routine traffic stop can result in an immigrant parent losing custody of their U.S. citizen child. This is a reality faced by

many immigrant parents who have been detained by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and do not have a family plan in place—a plan that includes an alternate, legally registered guardian for their children, in case of detention or deportation. The increased implementation of local and national anti-immigrant policies and increased police-ICE collaboration, including detaining parents if they cannot produce proof of legal status at routine traffic stops, has motivated the Florence Project to work with community members to create materials that help parents keep custody of their children.

In collaboration with the law firm Steptoe & Johnson, social worker Laurie Melrood, and other volunteer lawyers and advocates in our community, the Florence Project created a bilingual manual titled “What If I’m Picked Up By I.C.E. in Arizona?: Making a Family Plan.” The manual, written as a popular education guide, serves as a practical tool for undocumented immigrant parents, and guides them through creating a family protection plan to preserve their parental rights in the event that

they are apprehended by I.C.E. Through partnerships with community groups in Arizona, we have carried out approximately 15 workshops in Tucson and Phoenix, with families developing actual family plans during each workshop. The overall goal is to empower parents to be their own advocates in navigating the child welfare system, emphasizing steps they can take to avoid children entering the state protective services system, run by the Department of Child Safety (DCS).

In collaboration with DCS and community partners, ICE has a best-practices policy to follow when immigrant parents are detained. However, the immigration detention system and child welfare systems each have their own priorities, deadlines, and complexities, and it can be difficult to navigate the different systems. This can result in parents losing custody of their children while they are inside a detention center or deported from the United States. The most crucial moment in deciding the fate of a child happens at the moment of their parent’s apprehension. If a child is present at the scene and there is no one readily available to take care of the child, an ICE agent may use their discretion to call DCS. This can have grave consequences, seeing as how once a child enters DCS, parents are given a very tight window to comply

with a strict case plan to regain custody of their children. If a parent is in an immigration detention center, isolated with limited access to phones and family support, it is very difficult for a parent to communicate and comply, which can result in the termination of parental rights.

The practical steps laid out in the manual help parents feel empowered and motivated to stand up to a challenging system, and create a plan to keep families together. By partnering with community based organizations, our goal is to have organizations share these strategies with other members and networks, to widen the reach in the community.

Please contact Jordan Weiner, Children’s Program Legal Assistant, at [email protected] if you would like to schedule a training in your community. The manual is available on our website, at http://www.firrp.org/resources/prose/parentalrights/

KEEPING OUR FAMILIES TOGETHERBy Jordan Weiner, Children’s Program Legal Assistant

Florence Project partnered with Somos America and the Arizona Worker Right’s Center to deliver a Family Unity Training to community members in Phoenix.


T he fall and spring has brought many changes for our Florence Project fam-ily! THALASSA (TALLY) KINGSNORTH said

goodbye to the Florence Project in February after 7 years at the Project. A special thank you to Tally for sharing her wisdom and kindness with us for so long! Tally continues to be a resource for the Florence Project.

We had a couple more goodbyes in the Florence office this past fall and spring. JESSICA CASTELLANOS left the Florence Project in February to work with the immigrant & refugee pro bono program as a Practice Attorney at Winston & Strawn in Los Angeles, and MELISSA RIVERA also bid farewell in January to pursue new career options.

LAUREN DASSE, Executive Director, tied the knot in October, and NORIANA COLON-MERCADO, Children’s Program Staff Attorney, was married in February. Con-gratulations to Lauren and Noriana! We’ve also added a couple of new additions to our Florence Project family! With the expansion of the Children’s Program, we wel-comed new legal assistants KIRA ARANOW, ELIZA-BETH GARCIA, YESENIA RAMALES PEREZ, and MAR-TIN RUIZ. In addition, we welcomed BRENDA GALVAN AGUIRRE, justice AmeriCorps Fellow, ADRIANA MORE-NO NEVAREZ and MINDY BUTLER-CHRISTENSEN, Children’s Program Staff Attorneys, and MICHELE RUDY, Released Children’s Specialist, to the Children’s Program. Also, ROCIO CASTAÑEDA became the Supervising At-torney for the Children’s Program Released Team, and VANESSA PINEDA became the Children’s Program Pro Bono Coordinator.

We’ve had a lot of goodbyes, hellos, and reasons to celebrate this past fall and spring. We are excited for the continued expansion of our talented team, and we know that those who have moved on are always a part of the Florence Project family!!

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Florence Project staff celebrates at Noriana Colon’s wedding. / Project staff and board at Lauren’s wedding last October, in Amado, AZ. / Florence Project staff at an after work happy hour. / Tally and her son Damian in Sacramento, CA.

STAFF CORNER


Mario AcostaDr. Suzana AdamsBami AdelayoSara AgneJessica AlvaradoLilia AlvarezMarysol AnguloCasey ArellanoMarilyn ArevaloAl ArpadSteven AyalaElizabeth BalfourDan BallecerEmilia BanuelosMartha Barco PenunuriDan BarrDr. Renee BehinfarAnna BenvenueJill BloomDr. Laura BrookhamCarlos BrownJerry Burns

Mary BystrickyHoward CabotJose CarilloJorge CastanedaPaul CharltonShuting ChenLisa CohenStephen ColemanGreg ComoJanuary ContrerasHolly CooperLaura Coordes-NapoliJoshua CrumQuintin CushnerMary DayAgustin Raymundo de Pavia FriasJena Decker-XuJohn DeStefanoKatie DickSambo DulMichael EdgellJesse Evans-Schroeder

Greg FairbournJuan FlamandJudy FlanaganLisette FloresTy FrankelKate FrenzingerGloria GoldmanMo GoldmanMarianne GonkoKevin GreenMatthew GreenLidelia GutierrezDelia GutierrezPatrick HallKara HartzlerAlicia HeflinShannon HennesseyEzequiel HernandezValerie HinkKristina HolmstromKari HongMatthew Hoppock

Marcia HoyosSaul HuertaRegina JefferiesRobert JobeStacie JonasJacob JonesKathleen KahnAdam KaplanRachel KlingDr. Linda LairdMatt LindermanAnabel MaldonadoAna MartinDomingo MartinMatthew McGuireYesenia Medrano-VosslerPatricia MejiaAna Cecilia MoralesLaura Murray-TjanMaguette NdiayeLaura OchoaJason Odhner

Salvador OngaroKarina OrdonezDavid OuimetteMartha PalaciosAnthony PelinoCarmen PerezCarlos PerezChristina PowersNina RabinJonathan RandleJuan RochaVicenta RodriguezBerenice RodriguezKatharine RuhlMercedes RydenJesse SalenLarry SandigoNatalee SegalSandra SheridanMargarita SilvaParker StanleyBarry Stratford

Tim StrongMaureen SweeneyAndrew TaylorKylie TenbrookMatthew ThomasRyan ThurmanDr. John TomaOlga TomchinVictoria TorrilhonAmelia ValenzuelaClaudia ValenzuelaJohn VryhofHillary WalshCyndi WhitmoreRay YbarraJessica ZwengKeren ZwickNew York University School of Law StudentsThe Restoration Project PhoenixCasa Mariposa Arcoiris Liberation Team

T H A N K Y O U !

— TO OUR 2014 VOLUNTEERS —

— AND TO OUR 2014 FLORENCE PROJECT SUPPORTERS —

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND TALENT TO THE FLORENCE PROJECT AND OUR CLIENTS DURING THE 2014 CALENDAR YEAR!

THE FLORENCE PROJECT RELIES ON THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND LAW FIRMS TO PROVIDE ITS MULTITUDE OF LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

BOARD OF DIRECTORSSam AdairSara AgneSusan AndersonAl ArpadDan BagatellMilagros CisnerosIra FeldmanNoel FidelMarc GoldfederPeter GuerreroMargaret KirchMargarita SilvaAndrew SilvermanCindy Villanueva

CORPORATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS/UNIVERSITIESAPS FoundationArizona Combined Federal CampaignBorderLinksBottom Dog Press/Bird Dog PublishingCafe Press Inc.DailygoodMeredith Milby PCMicrogallery MandibulaPark West Partners LLCPurple Rose Services LLCPurslane Web Development

Raj & Lina LLCUnited Health Group UnitedHealth Group Employee Giving Campaign University of PennsylvaniaUS Committee For Refugees and ImmigrantsWells & Verne

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INDIVIDUALSTORCH OF JUSTICE SOCIETYThe Florence Project created the Torch of Justice Society to provide individuals with the opportunity to support the Florence Project at higher financial levels. Contributions

of all sizes enable us to serve thousands of detained women, men, and children facing removal proceedings each year.

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la l ínea the newsletter of THE FLORENCE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT

ABOUT THE FLORENCE PROJECTThe Florence Project’s work is carried out primarily through four programs: the Florence “Justice and Efficiency” Model, the Eloy Pro Se Model, the Immigrant and Refugee Children’s Program, and the Integrated Social Services Program. As part of its direct legal services, the Project has created “Know Your Rights” videos and self-representation packets as an educational resource for non-profit service providers and detained people nationwide. Nationally, the Florence Project advocates for positive change in federal policies and practices towards those detained and it serves as a resource-development and training center for detention program “best practices.” The Florence Project undertakes its national advocacy through membership in the Detention Watch Network, a coalition of more than 100 nonprofit organizations that work with the 200,000 men, women, and children who are held in the U.S. annually as immigration detainees.

MISSION & VISIONThe Florence Project provides and coordinates free legal services and related social services to indigent men, women, and unaccompanied children detained in Arizona for immigration removal proceedings. The Project strives to ensure that detained individuals have access to counsel, understand their rights under immigration law, and are treated fairly and humanely by our judicial system.

TO DONATE TO THE FLORENCE PROJECT:Mail a check or money order to:The Florence ProjectP.O. Box 654Florence, AZ 85132Visit our website and contribute via PayPal:www.firrp.orgTO VOLUNTEER FOR THE FLORENCE PROJECT:Call or email:[email protected] x105TO CONTACT THE FLORENCE PROJECT OR TO SCHEDULE A VISIT:Mailing Address:P.O. Box 654Florence, AZ 85132T: 520.868.0191 x105F: 520.868.0192www.firrp.org

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