By 8 am, the line outside the Harlingen Immigration Court stretched along the sidewalk with more than 100 individuals, including children, teenagers, adults, and shelter staff, waiting patiently in the South Texas heat.
News & Updates
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ProBAR attorneys represent children in ORR custody who wait months beyond legal timelines to be reunified with their parents. We see sponsors detained, children held without explanation, and families kept in the dark about their own child’s well-being.
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This spring, ProBAR walked with a family whose home burned down overnight, stood alongside an asylum seeker who has a work permit but still fears every checkpoint, and fought to bring children home from prolonged detention. We armed community members with Know-Your-Rights knowledge, showed up before dawn for a client who refused to give up, and witnessed what happens when orderly paths become targets for removal. Read our Spring Newsletter for a closer look at the crisis, the resilience, and the work you make possible.
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When a fire consumed the home of a local immigrant family late one night in December 2025, Ana Carrera, a social worker with ProBAR, was among the first to respond to the emergency.
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Last week, I had the privilege of traveling with ABA President-elect Barbara Howard to visit ProBAR, a long-standing ABA legal services program in Harlingen, Texas. President-elect Howard came away inspired by ProBAR staff and moved by the clients and advocates she met there.
