Today, the Acacia Center for Justice and ProBAR issued the following statement because children in federal immigration custody in South Texas are losing access to one of the few remaining ways they can independently seek legal information and help after the expiration of the Unaccompanied Children Program.
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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.
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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.
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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.
