News & Updates

  1. Children Belong With Their Families, and ProBAR is Fighting to Bring Them Home 

    As Spring blooms, our team celebrates the resilience and strength we see in our clients. As we continue to fight to reunify children with their families, we bear witness to the costs of prolonged detention, the joy of families reunited, and the resilience of children. No one better embodies resilience than the children ProBAR serves.

  2. Showing Up, Bearing Witness: Volunteer Reflections from the PAPAs Project at San Antonio Immigration Court

    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…

  3. Last Line of Defense: Access to Bond

    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…

  4. Coming Home to ProBAR: A Letter from Lauren Fisher Flores, ProBAR’s new Legal Director

    Coming Home To ProBAR: A Letter from Lauren Fisher Flores, ProBAR’s new Legal Director Over the years, ProBAR has been home to law student groups, short-term and long-term volunteers, pro bono attorneys, and social justice advocates from around the country….

  5. In Response to the Biden Administration’s Immigration Proclamation 

    September 12, 2017, Washington, DC, USA: The White House at night during the Trump Administration.

    In Response to the Biden Administration’s Immigration Proclamation On June 4, 2024, President Biden released issued a proclamation that imposes strict asylum limitations for migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border when border encounters exceed a weekly average of 2,500. The…