Urgent Need: In-Person Mam Interpreter in Phoenix We are seeking an in-person Mam interpreter in the Phoenix area for four asylum interviews during the last two weeks of August. If you are available or know someone who may be able to assist, please contact us at ctoroperez@firrp.org.

All that Ana Granados Sanchez was asking is to see her specialist in person and hopefully get the nephrostomy tube removed, per medical advice, before literally being sent to a country that might not have those services.

Contact your members of Congress at tinyurl.com/protect-kids or by calling the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Thank you for standing with immigrant children!

🚨Call your representatives today and stand with kids and the attorneys walking alongside them. Narrated by Jimmy Leyva, Children's Legal Program Manager.

🚨 The Trump administration is trying to once again terminate critical legal services to children. We need your help. *Pseudonym

Many unaccompanied children arrived in the United States after surviving trafficking, abuse, and violence. Now the Trump administration is withholding $65 million from their lawyers — and the contract funding their representation expires July 31.

“He went without medication during his detention until he tragically died in ICE custody on Monday,” said Arenas-Silva’s sister and immigrants’ rights groups in Georgia in a press statement.

Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year

Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia

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📍 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐀: A 45-year-old Venezuelan man died while being transported between two ICE detention centers after reportedly being denied access to medication his family repeatedly tried to provide. His death is the 22nd reported death in ICE custody this year. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

#UnaccompaniedChildren did not choose to come to this country alone. They fled violence, trafficking, and abuse in search of safety. They deserve their legal right to share their story and have legal representation in immigration court.

Recent reporting indicates that the Trump admin is trying to move unaccompanied children in government custody to Texas: away from their attorneys.

Communities across the country want to welcome refugees, including wartime allies and those who have survived persecution. Take action! Call on your state and local elected leaders to sign the #FreedomToWelcome letter expressing their support for refugee resettlement. tinyurl.com/FreedomToWel...

On Monday, June 29, the District Court of Arizona granted a petition for habeas corpus (the right to ask a court to decide whether someone is being detained legally) on behalf of nine petitioners who had been detained for between six months and a year after winning protection in immigration court.

A poem and artwork by a Florence Project client who is currently detained.

The Florence Project decries the Supreme Court’s rulings today in two separate immigration cases, which allows the Trump administration to circumvent well-established asylum law and aim to strip documentation from hundreds of thousands of people, respectively.

Today is #TogetherTuesday, a day meant to activate our communities through volunteering, generosity, and action. This is an opportunity to engage with an organization or cause important to you, like the Florence Project. Your support helps provide free critical services for people like Daniel*.

This Father’s Day, we honor Mario*, who was held in immigration detention and separated from his five children for eight months. 🧵 firrp.org/mario

Everyone deserves protection, freedom, and justice. The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program was established in 1980 to welcome and protect people whose lives have been uprooted by violence, persecution, and natural disasters. Refugees and asylum seekers strengthen our communities every day.

This Juneteenth, we honor an important moment in our nation’s history and reflect on the ongoing journey toward racial justice and equity. On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom.

Our newest report details information provided by people who have been detained at a temporary holding facility, called the Florence Staging Facility (FSF), which is located within the Florence Detention Center, an immigration detention center run by ICE in AZ. 🔗 firrp.org/wp-content/u...

14 years ago, DACA was born out of courage and determination. When everyone said it was impossible, it was immigrant youth who refused to be ignored and made the impossible happen. Today, we're back to demand what is long overdue: a pathway to citizenship for all.

Join us and Practical Art next Wednesday, from 6-8 for a craft night! Gather with your community, hear about the Florence Project’s work, and make paper cranes to support our mission! 📍 Practical Art, 5070 N. Central Ave, Phoenix 85012 📅 Wednesday, June 10, 6-8 PM

This Pride month, we celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and our client, Juan*. Juan has always loved food and cooking. He dreams of building a life here in the U.S., going to school, and becoming a professional chef. But he hasn’t always been able to envision that future. Swipe to read his story.

Congress is preparing to vote on a harmful budget reconciliation package that includes tens of billions of dollars in additional funding for ICE and CBP - while doing nothing to address food insecurity, cost of living, or the other needs of our communities.

Under the Trump Administration, we have seen an alarming increase in the number of medically vulnerable people, like Maria Cristina Tapia Cornejo, unjustly detained.

JOIN US for our next CLE, Human Rights and Asylum Protections for Survivors of Gender Violence. 📅 Wednesday, June 17 🕛 12:00PM- 1:15PM AZ 📍 Virtual via Zoom 🔗 Register at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In both English and Spanish, on firrp.org under “Resources” > “For Immigrant Parents” (on the English version) we offer guides and materials, including how to make a family plan to follow in the event that you are detained by ICE in Arizona. Here are some key points.

"It’s not like a treatment; it’s a punishment," said Narges Dehghani, asylum seeker from Iran, on a call from Eloy Detention Center with @tucson.com, about being sent to solitary confinement.

Rodrigo grew up in Phoenix and was a standout high school football player whose dreams of college and the NFL ended when he learned he was undocumented, a loss that, along with his father’s death, led to depression, addiction, and instability while he struggled to support his family.

As the Trump administration expanded mandatory detention, many judges are repeatedly finding these policies unconstitutional.

These pieces were created by a Florence Project client who is currently detained in Arizona after spending decades building a life in the United States.

Punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraints, tasers, pepper spray, and gun-like weapons that shoot plastic spheres which burn into orange clouds of chemical dust are among the tactics used by ICE on people in immigration detention.