Latino January 4, 2017 The border surge, a year later: Courts backlogged until 2019 to accommodate minors Unaccompanied minors cases have been put at the front of the line in immigration courts, pushing hearings for other long-pending cases as far back as 2019.
Latino January 1, 2017 The border surge, a year later: Tens of thousands of immigrant children remain in limbo One year after the surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America across the U.S.-Mexico border, many continue to wait for a resolution of their cases. Many have been deported, usually because they lacked legal representation.