Visit www.firrp.org to learn more about our work and clients. Thank you for standing in solidarity with immigrants.

The Florence Project provides free legal services, social services, and advocacy to immigrants facing detention and potential deportation. Your tax-deductible donation makes this work possible.

Help us make a difference in our community by making a donation today (or at the concert)!💙 Learn more at www.firrp.org.

The Florence Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide free legal and social services to detained adults and unaccompanied children facing immigration removal proceedings in Arizona.

🌟 We're excited to announce that we are the featured charity for @brucespringsteen.net and E Street Band Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour 2026 show at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, AZ on April 16! If you are at the show, please come find us!!

Thank you for joining our mission this #AZGivesDay! Your support plays a vital role in sustaining our work during this crucial time.

You can still make a gift today at www.firrp.org/donate. Thank you for standing with immigrants.

Support Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project on Arizona Gives The mission of the Florence Project is to provide free legal and social services to detained adults and unaccompanied children facing immigration removal proceedings in Arizona.The Florence Project…

Today is #AZGivesDay, a day when Arizonans come together to support nonprofit organizations that make an impact in our state. With your support, we assist people like Judith. Make a gift today. Thank you!

DONATE TODAY: www.azgives.org/organization...

“I am so thankful that the Florence Project took the time to help me through all these years, being attentive and providing services, calling, and attending court with me,” she shares. “I am so grateful for all you have done for me." Read Judith's story on our website: firrp.org/news-events/...

We are happy to share that Judith has received residency! After years of fighting for safety, she is finally free to plan a future. “I feel calm, I feel relieved,” Judith shared about no longer having the weight of her legal case on her shoulders. “I feel safer [in the U.S.]”

In 2019, Judith called us, and we immediately got to work.

“[The Florence Project] always treated me well, always explained the process to me very well, every step,” shared Judith.

After months in a children’s detention facility, Judith was reunified with a cousin in Arizona. At the time of her release, she was provided with a list of organizations that could help her with her legal case, including our team.

“Being locked up, seeing the same people every day affects you,” she recalls. “Being a minor, without a lot of life experience and having your family far away, really affects you a lot.”

At the border, Judith was detained by border officials and sent to a holding cell known as a “hielera” because of its freezing cold temperatures. She slept on the floor, with just a plastic blanket, among adults too. Then, she was transported to a government-run shelter for immigrant children.

When Judith* was eight years old, her life in Honduras changed forever when her father was murdered. Her family tried to rebuild their lives. Danger persisted for years. Eventually, Judith fled, seeking safety here in the U.S. 🧵

Support Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project on Arizona Gives The mission of the Florence Project is to provide free legal and social services to detained adults and unaccompanied children facing immigration removal proceedings in Arizona.The Florence Project is...

In this critically important moment, we are taking action. Your gift this #AZGivesDay advances our vision: a world where everyone facing deportation has access to counsel, understands their rights, and is treated fairly and humanely. Donate today: www.azgives.org/organization...

People remain detained for longer periods of time, with almost no avenues for release. The administration continues to try to remove people, even those who have won protection, to countries they have never been to before. And 2026 is on pace to be by far the deadliest year in ICE custody.

Congress has allocated billions toward immigration detention and enforcement operations. The administration has attacked legal education and empowerment programs for adults and seeks to end or severely scale back representation for unaccompanied children.

Right now, immigrants in Arizona, adults and children alike, are facing some of the most severe threats to their rights and safety that we have seen in our 35-year history. Tomorrow is #AZGivesDay, and we invite you to join us to take action for the families and children who need us in this moment.

If you have not yet filed your 2025 taxes, you may still qualify for the AZ Charitable Tax Credit for 2025.

Visit firrp.org/ways-to-give/ or contact our Development Team at donate@firrp.org for more information.

Thank you for defending immigrants’ rights!

Know Your Rights: Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order trying to end birthright citizenship. This resource addresses questions about the executive order’s implications and potential impacts.

Visit link in stories to get information on who would be impacted by the EO, what the SCOTUS case will decide, and what you can do to fight back: bit.ly/alc-brc-kyr

Join the fight to #defendbirthright: defendbirthright.com

A dark blue graphic with a faint Statue of Liberty silhouette. Large headline reads “Birthright citizenship,” followed by text explaining it as a fundamental American promise that all children born on U.S. soil are equal members of the national community regardless of their parents’ background. Bold text states, “Now, the Trump admin wants to take this right away.” Additional text says this harms all Americans, including U.S. citizens. A green button at the bottom reads “Learn more & join the fight: defendbirthright.com,” alongside a logo for The American Promise: Defending Birthright Citizenship.

The Supreme Court will soon be deciding the fate of President Trump’s executive order on #birthrightcitizenship. For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has provided a simple rule: if you are born in the United States, you are a citizen. But now, that right is under attack.

Read our 2026 Spring Newsletter on our website: firrp.org/news-events/...

Our 2026 Spring Newsletter is a reflection of what your support makes possible. We remain committed to advocating for the rights and safety of our clients, regardless of the challenges and uncertainty ahead.

Thank you for standing with us!

In this update, we highlight how we work to prevent prolonged detention, provide and protect access to legal services amid funding uncertainties, preserve the rule of law, and seek to hold the government accountable for the mistreatment of people in detention.

-- Advancing Our Vision in Times of Uncertainty: An Update from the Florence Project

As this administration escalates its mass deportation agenda, the rights and wellbeing of adults and children in immigration detention remain in peril.

Judith’s Florence Project legal team helped her apply for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and stood by her side! We invite you to read Judith's story and to learn more about her journey.

Finding Peace: Judith’s Journey to Support and Stability

Judith arrived to the U.S. in 2019, hoping to find safety and stability. Instead, she was sent to a children’s detention shelter while facing the frightening possibility of being sent to an adult detention center on her 18th birthday.

We are pleased to share our 2026 Spring Newsletter! Read the story of our client Judith* and how we continue to protect the rights of immigrants and advance the vision of a world where all immigrants facing removal have access to counsel, understand their rights, and are treated fairly and humanely.

Please join us in celebrating this vital work, and the crucial role social workers play, this month and always! Thank you, Florence Project Integrated Social Services team!

Through ongoing case management, together with our clients, the team responds to particularly challenging circumstances such as serious mental health conditions, medical needs, domestic violence, suicidal ideation, pregnancy, parenting, family separation, and shelter and food insecurity.