These resources are designed to assist pro bono attorneys when representing detainees in immigration proceedings.
See also many of the resources found in the Pro Se and Criminal Defense Attorney pages in this resources section.
Note: These publications are meant to provide useful basic information about immigration law and detention in removal in Arizona and were created in the course of the Florence Project’s work. Under no circumstances do they constitute legal advice.
Florence Project Resources
- Training presentations are coming soon!
Useful Links
Government Websites
- U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (Department of Homeland Security)
- U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (Department of Homeland Security)
- Office of Refugee Resettlement (Department of Health & Human Services)
- Executive Office of Immigration Review (Department of Justice)
- Board of Immigration Appeals (Department of Justice)
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Phoenix Immigration Court
- U.S. District Court, Phoenix, Arizona
Court/Detention Facility Information
- BIA Practice Manual
- Eloy Detention Facility (CCA)
- Florence Service Processing Center (ICE)
- Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Ninth Circuit Local Rules
- Phoenix Immigration Court Local Operating Procures
Immigration Forms
Advocacy Resources
- American Bar Association Commission on Immigration
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- American Immigration Law Foundation
- Amnesty International Country Reports
- Asylum Law
- Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (Gender law and asylum)
- Children & Family Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law (children survivors of torture)
- Detention Watch Network
- EOIR Virtual Law Library (with BIA precedent decisions)
- Human Rights Watch, Country Specific Reports
- Human Rights Watch, Children’s Rights Division
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Immigration Equality (resources for LGBT asylum claims)
- Immigration Law in the Ninth Circuit
- Immigration and Nationality Act
- Immigration Regulations (C.F.R. Title 8)
- National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
- Refugee Law Center
- United Nations High Commission on Refugees
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Resource Library (gang-related asylum, SIJS resources)
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library / Refugee and Asylum Resources
- U.S. State Department Country Reports
- Women’s Human Rights Net
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