News & Updates

  1. ProBAR Announces Values & Beliefs Statement

    After a collaborative process that incorporated ideas and perspectives from staff at all levels, ProBAR is pleased to announce a formal statement of our shared Values and Beliefs. Together, these ideas form the guiding principles for our collective work.

  2. From ProBAR Client to ProBAR Shelter Services Director: Cindy Bernal’s Inspiring Personal Journey

    Before she was the ABA Commission on Immigration’s 2023 Community Advocate Award winner, Cindy Bernal was a ProBAR client who faced potential deportation by ICE. Read more about the personal journey and professional impact of ProBAR’s current Director of Shelter Services!

  3. ProBAR Announces New Director and Deputy Director

    Photo of Laura Peña & Aimee Korolev

    The ABA is very pleased to announce that we have selected Laura Peña as ProBAR’s next Director and Aimee Korolev as its first-ever Deputy Director. 

  4. ProBAR’s Winter 2022 Bulletin is Out!

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    This quarter’s newsletter features a message from COI and ProBAR leadership that highlights ProBAR’s commitment to providing transformational legal services, a profile of one of our represented clients, and highlights including a return to in-person services for detained adults and support to youth in transition.

  5. Forging Her Own Path Forward

    Photo of ProBAR client, Mirian.

    “To me, persevering means being independent – working for oneself without having to rely on anyone else.” The story of ProBAR client Mirian highlights what it means to persevere in the face of abuse, struggles, and an adversarial immigration process. 

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