Barack Obama’s controversial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) allowed children who came to the U.S. illegally to stay, but the program might come to an end as soon as the Trump administration considers its choices.
President Donald Trump is likely to end the program or let it expire in over the course of two years, according to government officials who spoke to NBC News. They said it is unclear which option he will choose but that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has long opposed DACA, and Thursday he discussed the program with White House officials.
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the program “continues to be under review,” even though Trump made a campaign promise to revoke it. Opponents of DACA have said the program is overly broad and constitutes a legally dubious rewriting of existing law.
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