News & Updates

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.

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.

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.

It’s October 2024 in the United States, and tensions are flaring in anticipation of the 47th presidential eletion. Each vote casts a wish for a better future. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a man named Teo and his daughter Nika make the difficult decision to flee their home country in Eastern Europe, fearing for their lives in the wake of their own national elections.

Earlier this year, ProBAR attorneys learned that a number of their recent unaccompanied children clients were scheduled for asylum interviews. The two clients, a girl from Honduras and a boy from Egypt who both arrived unaccompanied to the U.S. in 2024, were not expected to have their interviews for at least a year.