--- description: Little threat of deportation title: Immigration Reform: Unaccompanied Minors Crossing Border Get to Stay image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Immigration](/tag/immigration/) ## Immigration Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Most Kids Who Cross the Border Get to Stay in the U.S. by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 12:37 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 12:37 PM CUT NEW YORK, NY — They’re here, finally, but will they get to stay? That’s the life-changing question hanging over the heads of tens of thousands of young migrants who have crossed the border into the U.S. Based on a day spent observing an immigration court in New York City, most of them can breathe a little easier: No one appears to be ordered out of the country any time soon… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/fate-most-kids-who-cross-border-staying-u-s-n153706?cid=par-time-article%5F20140714 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2981401/immigration-reform-unaccompanied-minors-us-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2981401/immigration-reform-unaccompanied-minors-us-obama/"},"headline":"Most Kids Who Cross the Border Get to Stay in the U.S.","datePublished":"2014-07-14T12:37:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:07:36.060Z","description":"Little threat of deportation","url":"https://time.com/2981401/immigration-reform-unaccompanied-minors-us-obama/","keywords":["Immigration"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/immigration/","name":"Immigration"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2981401/immigration-reform-unaccompanied-minors-us-obama/","name":"Most Kids Who Cross the Border Get to Stay in the U.S."}}]}] ```