The Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic at Cornell Law School and ProBAR join our client in celebrating his recent grant of asylum! Learn more about the journey of this new asylee and the role that pro bono support played in securing his victory.
News & Updates
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ProBAR works diligently to provide information and assistance, focusing particularly on the legal needs of adults and unaccompanied children in federal immigration detention facilities and those forced to remain in Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols.
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“In October 2021, a pro bono team from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP received notice that the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld an Immigration Judge’s grant of cancellation of removal, ending their client’s nearly three-year fight to avoid deportation and separation from his family.
Their win highlights the incredible impact that pro bono attorneys can make for clients – whatever the form of relief they seek and at every stage of their case.”
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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Priscilla Orta, Supervising Attorney at ProBAR, describes the connections between her family story – from Northern Mexico to the Rio Grande Valley after stops at Harvard and Columbia University – and her work serving migrant children.
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In a recent blog post, ProBAR Staff Attorney Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez reflects on the uncertainty faced by DACA clients and the impacts of the July 16, 2021, permanent injunction that prohibits U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from approving pending or new initial DACA applications.
