Showing Up, Bearing Witness: Volunteer Reflections from the PAPAs Project at San Antonio Immigration Court Volunteers getting ready for their participation at the Court Observation Project Last month, the ABA Commission on Immigration volunteered with the American Gateways Pro Se…
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Last Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that individuals who are detained by ICE and placed in deportation proceedings can no longer be released on bond while their case is pending. For nearly 30 years, bond has allowed…
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It was midnight when the calls to ProBAR staff began. Guatemalan children were being pulled from their beds in shelters across the state, rushed onto buses, and driven under the cover of darkness to a small border town airport in Harlingen, Texas. Deep into the Labor Day weekend, the U.S. government had launched a new effort to expeditiously return immigrant children—alone and terrified—back to Guatemala.
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This ABA Giving Day, join ProBAR as we protect legal rights and secure a brighter, safer future for immigrants and asylum-seekers.
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On August 1, 2025, ProBAR formally expanded its service area to include Corpus Christi, Texas. ProBAR now provides legal orientation, representation, and connection to services for unaccompanied immigrant children in five youth shelters and long-term foster care facilities in the region.
