Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
@florenceproject.bsky.social
The Florence Project is a nonprofit organization providing free legal and social services to women, men, and unaccompanied children in immigration custody in AZ
For over 30 years, the Florence Project has provided free legal and social services to people in immigration detention and facing deportation.
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
For over 30 years, the Florence Project has provided free legal and social services to people in immigration detention and facing deportation.
As we witness the escalation of aggressive and violent tactics by ICE in our communities, we mourn the deaths of everyone who has lost their lives in ICE custody and at the hands of federal immigration officers.
January 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
As we witness the escalation of aggressive and violent tactics by ICE in our communities, we mourn the deaths of everyone who has lost their lives in ICE custody and at the hands of federal immigration officers.
This week, Congress is negotiating increased funding for DHS, and they need to hear our outrage.
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This week, Congress is negotiating increased funding for DHS, and they need to hear our outrage.
Because of people bravely choosing to share their experiences, we are able to shed light on what people in Eloy Detention Center have endured over the past year in our report, “Medical Neglect, Strip Searches, and Abuse: Deadly and Dehumanizing Conditions in the Eloy Detention Center.”
January 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Because of people bravely choosing to share their experiences, we are able to shed light on what people in Eloy Detention Center have endured over the past year in our report, “Medical Neglect, Strip Searches, and Abuse: Deadly and Dehumanizing Conditions in the Eloy Detention Center.”
We mourn the death of Renee Nicole Good, and our hearts are with her family, loved ones, and community. We call on ICE to cease aggressive and dangerous tactics that do not make our communities safer but rather endanger all of us.
January 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
We mourn the death of Renee Nicole Good, and our hearts are with her family, loved ones, and community. We call on ICE to cease aggressive and dangerous tactics that do not make our communities safer but rather endanger all of us.
Congress is negotiating DHS and ICE’s budget right now and considering sending even more money to expand detention – on top of the 45 billion dollars allotted through the OBBA over the next four years. Conditions in detention are deteriorating through overcrowding and lack of oversight.
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Congress is negotiating DHS and ICE’s budget right now and considering sending even more money to expand detention – on top of the 45 billion dollars allotted through the OBBA over the next four years. Conditions in detention are deteriorating through overcrowding and lack of oversight.
As we look toward 2026, we are clear-eyed. The challenges are not easing. But neither is our resolve.
We invite you to join us this year in working towards a future where people in immigration detention and at the border have access to justice.
Thank you for standing with immigrants.
We invite you to join us this year in working towards a future where people in immigration detention and at the border have access to justice.
Thank you for standing with immigrants.
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
As we look toward 2026, we are clear-eyed. The challenges are not easing. But neither is our resolve.
We invite you to join us this year in working towards a future where people in immigration detention and at the border have access to justice.
Thank you for standing with immigrants.
We invite you to join us this year in working towards a future where people in immigration detention and at the border have access to justice.
Thank you for standing with immigrants.
Happy holidays from the Florence Project!
We remain steadfast in our mission to ensure that all immigrants—whether in detention or at the border—have access to justice and are treated with dignity and compassion.
We remain steadfast in our mission to ensure that all immigrants—whether in detention or at the border—have access to justice and are treated with dignity and compassion.
December 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Happy holidays from the Florence Project!
We remain steadfast in our mission to ensure that all immigrants—whether in detention or at the border—have access to justice and are treated with dignity and compassion.
We remain steadfast in our mission to ensure that all immigrants—whether in detention or at the border—have access to justice and are treated with dignity and compassion.
This is yet another escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrant children. It’s completely inappropriate to give kids these notices, at any time, but especially just as they have arrived to the U.S. and before they have the chance to consult an attorney.
December 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is yet another escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrant children. It’s completely inappropriate to give kids these notices, at any time, but especially just as they have arrived to the U.S. and before they have the chance to consult an attorney.
This has been a year of unprecedented attacks on immigrants’ rights, but your support kept families from facing this alone.
December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This has been a year of unprecedented attacks on immigrants’ rights, but your support kept families from facing this alone.
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we honor the resilience and strength of millions of families, adults, and children who have left their home in search of peace, safety, and opportunity. We also remember all who have perished during their journey.
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This #InternationalMigrantsDay, we honor the resilience and strength of millions of families, adults, and children who have left their home in search of peace, safety, and opportunity. We also remember all who have perished during their journey.
Happy Holidays! 🌟
Each year, we partner with members of the community to write holiday cards for people in immigration detention in a variety of languages. Swipe through to read our holiday message in the different languages we share with our clients this year.
Each year, we partner with members of the community to write holiday cards for people in immigration detention in a variety of languages. Swipe through to read our holiday message in the different languages we share with our clients this year.
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy Holidays! 🌟
Each year, we partner with members of the community to write holiday cards for people in immigration detention in a variety of languages. Swipe through to read our holiday message in the different languages we share with our clients this year.
Each year, we partner with members of the community to write holiday cards for people in immigration detention in a variety of languages. Swipe through to read our holiday message in the different languages we share with our clients this year.
Congratulations to our client, Karla!*
After losing the only family she had in El Salvador and enduring violence while living with her uncle, Karla saw no choice but to embark on a courageous journey to the U.S. in search of safety and support.
After losing the only family she had in El Salvador and enduring violence while living with her uncle, Karla saw no choice but to embark on a courageous journey to the U.S. in search of safety and support.
December 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Congratulations to our client, Karla!*
After losing the only family she had in El Salvador and enduring violence while living with her uncle, Karla saw no choice but to embark on a courageous journey to the U.S. in search of safety and support.
After losing the only family she had in El Salvador and enduring violence while living with her uncle, Karla saw no choice but to embark on a courageous journey to the U.S. in search of safety and support.
On November 24, in Tucson, 25 immigrant children appeared in court to fight their deportation orders, including a three-year-old child. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On November 24, in Tucson, 25 immigrant children appeared in court to fight their deportation orders, including a three-year-old child. 🧵
“The Trump administration is creating hopelessness by design,” said Laura St. John, Florence Project’s Legal Director, while sharing our clients’ experiences in detention during a shadow hearing “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Detention Abuses” on Thursday, December 4.
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“The Trump administration is creating hopelessness by design,” said Laura St. John, Florence Project’s Legal Director, while sharing our clients’ experiences in detention during a shadow hearing “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Detention Abuses” on Thursday, December 4.
The Florence Project joins 130 organizations in a letter calling on the Trump administration to reverse harmful policies targeting immigrant communities and to restore this nation’s humanitarian and immigration programs, free from discriminatory or hateful policies and rhetoric.
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Florence Project joins 130 organizations in a letter calling on the Trump administration to reverse harmful policies targeting immigrant communities and to restore this nation’s humanitarian and immigration programs, free from discriminatory or hateful policies and rhetoric.
For two decades, a network of nonprofit organizations has served as a guardrail to protect immigrant children and their rights. Now, for the first time ever, the Trump administration is seeking to privatize these services.
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For two decades, a network of nonprofit organizations has served as a guardrail to protect immigrant children and their rights. Now, for the first time ever, the Trump administration is seeking to privatize these services.
Reposted by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
“Conditions in the immigration detention system have often been horrible.
However, recently conditions have worsened and what oversight existed has been eliminated.
Our clients have increasingly shared that they fear dying.”
- Laura St. John, Legal Director, @florenceproject.bsky.social
However, recently conditions have worsened and what oversight existed has been eliminated.
Our clients have increasingly shared that they fear dying.”
- Laura St. John, Legal Director, @florenceproject.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Conditions in the immigration detention system have often been horrible.
However, recently conditions have worsened and what oversight existed has been eliminated.
Our clients have increasingly shared that they fear dying.”
- Laura St. John, Legal Director, @florenceproject.bsky.social
However, recently conditions have worsened and what oversight existed has been eliminated.
Our clients have increasingly shared that they fear dying.”
- Laura St. John, Legal Director, @florenceproject.bsky.social
Reposted by Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
WATCH: Laura St. John of @florenceproject.bsky.social discusses how the administration is creating “hopelessness by design.”
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
WATCH: Laura St. John of @florenceproject.bsky.social discusses how the administration is creating “hopelessness by design.”
Parents detained by ICE have rights! Under its own policies, ICE is supposed to ensure that detained parents can make decisions about who cares for their children and what happens to them after a parent is deported.
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Parents detained by ICE have rights! Under its own policies, ICE is supposed to ensure that detained parents can make decisions about who cares for their children and what happens to them after a parent is deported.
Laura St. John, the Florence Project’s Legal Director, will be sharing our clients’ experiences in detention during the shadow hearing “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Detention Abuses” on Thursday, December 4th, at 8:30 a.m. EST.
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Laura St. John, the Florence Project’s Legal Director, will be sharing our clients’ experiences in detention during the shadow hearing “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Detention Abuses” on Thursday, December 4th, at 8:30 a.m. EST.
We are truly thankful for the incredible support we received this #GivingTuesday!
Your donations, your support, and your commitment to standing with immigrants all play a vital role in sustaining our work during this crucial time.
Your donations, your support, and your commitment to standing with immigrants all play a vital role in sustaining our work during this crucial time.
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We are truly thankful for the incredible support we received this #GivingTuesday!
Your donations, your support, and your commitment to standing with immigrants all play a vital role in sustaining our work during this crucial time.
Your donations, your support, and your commitment to standing with immigrants all play a vital role in sustaining our work during this crucial time.
Giving Tuesday is about standing with orgs that make our communities a better place to live, work, and raise families. Right now, our friends and neighbors are living with daily risks no family should have to face.
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Giving Tuesday is about standing with orgs that make our communities a better place to live, work, and raise families. Right now, our friends and neighbors are living with daily risks no family should have to face.
After six months in detention, Ramiro* finally reunited with his sons. Together, we built his case, secured expert testimony, and stood beside him until the judge granted him relief.
But thousands of people are still facing detention and deportation, many without support.
But thousands of people are still facing detention and deportation, many without support.
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
After six months in detention, Ramiro* finally reunited with his sons. Together, we built his case, secured expert testimony, and stood beside him until the judge granted him relief.
But thousands of people are still facing detention and deportation, many without support.
But thousands of people are still facing detention and deportation, many without support.
This Thanksgiving, all of us at the Florence Project are thankful for you.
Thanks to you, we remain in detention centers, making sure adults know their rights despite the government’s termination of the legal orientation program nationwide.
Thanks to you, we remain in detention centers, making sure adults know their rights despite the government’s termination of the legal orientation program nationwide.
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This Thanksgiving, all of us at the Florence Project are thankful for you.
Thanks to you, we remain in detention centers, making sure adults know their rights despite the government’s termination of the legal orientation program nationwide.
Thanks to you, we remain in detention centers, making sure adults know their rights despite the government’s termination of the legal orientation program nationwide.