WASHINGTON – Reaction to reports that President Donald Trump plans to end a program protecting undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation sparked a backlash on Sunday.
Trump is expected to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects so-called "Dreamers" from being forced out of the country, four sources familiar with the decision told CNN.
There is a protest scheduled in Washington D.C. for around 10 a.m. on Tuesday. You can watch it live here.
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The DACA program, which gives qualified applicants protections from deportation, is popular among Democrats and moderate Republicans, many of whom have introduced legislation in Congress to try to protect the population permanently.
Permits under DACA are granted for two years before needing to be renewed. A recent study by groups that support DACA estimated that 1,400 people a day could lose their protections if renewals were ended.
As soon as the move was reported, there was a flood of reaction from the left and the right, with immigration advocates calling the move cruel and Trump's core supporters hailing it as restoring the rule of law.