Trump likely to end DACA immigrant program for 'Dreamers,' reports say

Credit: Alex Brandon

Credit: Alex Brandon

President Donald Trump is reportedly likely to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, according to ABC NewsNBC News and other news outlets.

Passed by former President Barack Obama's administration, DACA provides illegal immigrants who entered the country as children, or “Dreamers,” access to work and study permits and protections from deportation.

The change would come after 10 Republican state attorney generals wrote to Attorney General Jeff Sessions in June asking the administration to phase out the program.

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"Immigrant youth fought to create the DACA program, and we will fight like hell to defend it," promised Greisa Martinez Rosas, Advocacy Director and DACA-beneficiary of United We Dream, in a statement, according to Reuters.

The legislation currently covers anywhere from 600,000 to 750,000 people in the country, Axios reported.

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