Immigration activists fear for future of Dreamers program

Pro-immigrant activists are growing increasingly pessimistic that the Trump administration will defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from court challenges.

The program, based on an executive order signed by former President Obama, gives work permits and protects from deportation around 750,000 people who were illegally brought into the country as children.

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly told Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) lawmakers this week that he didn't believe the program was legally sustainable.

Kelly urged members to come up with a legislative solution that could provide permanent relief to Dreamers, as DACA recipients are commonly known.

But neither legislators nor activists are optimistic that could happen, much less in a short time frame.

http://thehill.com/latino/342129-immigration-activists-fear-for-future-of-dreamers-program?rnd=1500239574