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    Honduran teen makes last bid in Chicago immigration court to stay in US

    by Elvia Malagon, Chicago Tribune Feb 28, 2018 7 minutes

    CHICAGO - Like most teens, Maryori Urbina-Contreras talks about her life in the future tense: getting her driver's license in a few more months, finding a part-time job, taking senior year classes at Waukegan High School in English now that she has a command of the language.

    For the Honduras-born girl, who is living in the country illegally, reaching those milestones in the United States is far from certain. Her fate is in the hands of a Chicago immigration judge who could decide as soon as Wednesday whether she'll be granted her request for asylum or be deported. Four years ago, the now 17-year-old fled Honduras by herself - part of a wave of minors escaping violence in mostly Central American countries - in search of a safe place to live. Her story was chronicled a year later, in 2015, in the Chicago Tribune.

    What's expected to be her final immigration hearing Wednesday comes as debate rages on the issue of who should be allowed to come to - or stay in - this country. President Donald Trump has pushed for creating a

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