Immigrant children face uncertain future in courts

By Vanessa Alvarez

Published September 10, 2014 10:42pm ET

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Immigrant children face uncertain future in courts — In this July 17, 2014 photo, Maria Ruiz, 9, plays with neighbors in the front yard of her apartment building in Huntington Station, N.Y. Ruiz traveled from Nicaragua to the United States with her sister in June of 2013. Since October 2013, 4,244 minors who crossed Rio Grande River illegally, without their parents, have made New York their home. Metropolitan New York cases are being handled by the federal Immigration Court in New York City, which is struggling to allocate resources, including pro bono lawyers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) | Seth Wenig

HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (AP) — On a recent breezy summer day, 7-year-old Kevin Torres played soccer with his neighbors in the front yard of his two-story home on New York’s Long Island as his mother watched nearby.

It’s a typical suburban sight, but not for Briseida Flores, who had been separated from her son for most of the boy’s life until he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in May with the help of a smuggler who crossed the Rio Grande River with Kevin strapped to his back.

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