NEW YORK (AP) — A federal immigration court in Manhattan that usually deals with fewer than 100 new children’s cases a month is getting a lot busier.
Twenty-nine minors who entered the country unaccompanied by adults appeared Wednesday before Judge James Loprest, Jr., some with attorneys, others with family by their sides. Six-year-old Gabriela and her brother Brandon Lopez, 15, were among the minors hoping to be allowed to legally stay with family already living in the U.S.
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