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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for making this work possible!
Read the full report: firrp.org/annual-repor...

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 2d

Our 2024 Annual Report is now available on our website! And we are proud to share last year’s service figures. These figures capture the incredible impact our teams make, and the immense challenges we face, to achieve justice for our clients and all immigrants.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 3d

Upon hearing of the plan, our team jumped into action to ensure that all children detained in Arizona understand their rights, are prepared with as much information as possible, and know that they can call on us for support if they are approached by the government with this coercive plan.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 3d

Every child deserves to have their story heard, has the right to due process and the opportunity to talk to an attorney, and to have the chance to live in peace and safety. Once again, the administration is enacting secretive policies that harm children under the guise of child welfare.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 3d

If children do not agree, the government will reportedly inform them that they will remain detained indefinitely, threaten to automatically transfer them to ICE custody on their 18th birthdays in violation of the law, and even possibly threaten to detain their parents or sponsors in the U.S.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 3d

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Trump administration prepares to offer money to unaccompanied migrant teenagers to voluntarily leave US | CNN Politics

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to offer unaccompanied migrant teenagers in the United States the option to voluntarily leave the country and receive a payment, according to three sou...

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 3d

We are deeply alarmed by reports that the government is rolling out a plan to attempt to incentivize unaccompanied children to waive their rights under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and accept "voluntary" return to their country of origin in exchange for $2500.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 8d

The government’s plan to remove children to Guatemala or Honduras outside of these protections cruelly ignores decades of long-standing federal law and places children in harm’s way.

Full statement: firrp.org/florence-pro...

Florence Project Wins Preliminary Injunction Protecting Children in Arizona from Unlawful Removal | Florence Project

Tucson, AZ – A federal judge in Arizona on September 25 granted a preliminary injunction protecting 69 unaccompanied immigrant children from Guatemala and Honduras in government custody in Arizona fro...

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 8d

The lawsuit demands that the government be ordered to follow the laws that provide protections for unaccompanied children, including the right to present their cases in court, to have access to legal counsel, and to be placed in the least restrictive setting that is in the best interest of the child

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 8d

On Sept. 25, a federal judge in Arizona granted a preliminary injunction protecting 69 unaccompanied immigrant children from Guatemala and Honduras in government custody in Arizona from being summarily repatriated from the U.S. without having the chance to present their case to an immigration judge.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 10d

📅 Thursday, October 16, 2025 from 6 – 8 pm
📍 Streamed on our Facebook page — The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project

More to come soon. Thank you for your support!

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 10d

Save the date to join us virtually! We will honor and celebrate the pro bono attorneys and volunteers who embodied hope in action for our clients and our mission in 2024-2025. We will be streaming the event live on Facebook and hope you can join us virtually!

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 13d

Your support of our work and vision is vital, and we are grateful to have you walking alongside us as we continue to walk alongside our clients.

Read our 2024 Annual Report: firrp.org/annual-repor...

The Florence Project | Free Legal & Social Services for Detained Immigrants

The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project provides free legal and social services to detained adults and children under threat of deportation.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 13d

We hope you reaffirm your commitment to stand with the children, adults, and families that we have the privilege to serve through our legal and social services and advocacy. We encourage you to continue harnessing your own gifts, talents, and privilege to stand with immigrant communities.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 13d

We stand together in unwavering solidarity with immigrant communities to answer the call for courageous action. This moment demands that we ask: What is my part? What can I do?

We invite you to read our 2024 annual report and take inspiration from all that we accomplished together last year.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 13d

As we reflect on all that your support made possible in 2024, we do so amid a campaign of dehumanization targeting immigrant communities and a dismantling of protections that safeguard immigrants’ rights. In this moment, we may be overwhelmed and feel despair and powerlessness. But no one is alone.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 15d

Laura St. John, Legal Director of the Florence Project, spoke to the @nytimes.com about the mental health toll on detained immigrants and lack of attention to mental health in facilities across the U.S.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/h...

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 17d

Read the full report, testimonies, and policy recommendations here: www.kinoborderinitiative.org/wp-content/u...

Thank you to our partners at the Kino Border Initiative for this important report and critical advocacy.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 17d

Based on 278 conversations with people who have been recently deported, the findings highlight how ICE activity in our communities is tearing apart families, detaining long-term U.S. residents, and subjecting people to prolonged and unjust detention.

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 17d

“They Didn’t Let Me Say Bye” is the latest report from the Kino Border Initiative, revealing the human impact of deportations to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico between May and July 2025.

www.kinoborderinitiative.org/wp-content/u...

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 20d

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 20d

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 20d

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 20d

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Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project @florenceproject.bsky.social · 20d

ICYMI: Recent media ft. the Florence Project’s advocacy responding to the Trump admin’s attempt to illegally remove our child clients to Guatemala despite fear of being returned and in violation of their rights.

Your support makes this advocacy possible.
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