The South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) empowers immigrants through high-quality legal education, rep ... resentation, and connections to services. ProBAR serves immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley border region with a particular focus on the legal needs of adults and unaccompanied children in federal custody. ProBAR is a project of the American Bar Association. Founded in 1989 in response to the overwhelming need for pro bono legal representation of Central American asylum-seekers detained in South Texas, ProBAR has a long history of providing critical legal services to people at risk of deportation. read more