Supreme Court rules against Trump in bid to end Obama-era immigration program shielding 'Dreamers'
The program shields certain young immigrants from deportation and allows them to receive work permits.
The program shields certain young immigrants from deportation and allows them to receive work permits. There were about 700,000 DACA recipients at the time Trump ordered the program to wind down in September 2017. Rather than challenge the program on policy grounds, Trump and attorneys for his administration have argued that former President Barack Obama lacked the legal authority to implement the program in the first place.
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