Elizabeth Llorente

Elizabeth Llorente is Senior Reporter for FoxNews.com, and can be reached at Elizabeth.Llorente@Foxnews.com. Follow her on Twitter @Liz_Llorente.

MCALLEN, TX - SEPTEMBER 08: Women and children sit in a holding cell at a U.S. Border Patrol processing center after being detained by agents near the U.S.-Mexico border on September 8, 2014 near McAllen, Texas. Thousands of immigrants, many of them families and unaccompanied minors, continue to cross illegally into the United States, although the numbers are down from a springtime high. Texas' Rio Grande Valley area is the busiest sector for illegal border crossings into the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Politics

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.

The border surge, a year later: Tens of thousands of immigrant children remain in limbo

Politics

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.