--- title: DACA: Trump Administration Still Reviewing Immigration description: The White House Press Secretary said the president has not made up his mind about the DACA program canonical: https://time.com/4924293/donald-trump-reviewing-daca-immigration/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-31T22:02:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:32:18.544Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Still Hasn't Made a Decision About Keeping DACA og:description: The White House Press Secretary said the president has not made up his mind og:url: https://time.com/4924293/donald-trump-reviewing-daca-immigration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc76a786853ddde4/6988dc24196cf4575d041bf4/sarah-huckabee-sanders-donald-trump-daca-immigration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Holds Daily Press Briefing At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Still Hasn't Made a Decision About Keeping DACA twitter:description: The White House Press Secretary said the president has not made up his mind twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc76a786853ddde4/6988dc24196cf4575d041bf4/sarah-huckabee-sanders-donald-trump-daca-immigration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Still Hasn't Made a Decision About Keeping DACA > Sponsored content. 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While the Trump Administration considers the future of an Obama-era program that has allowed over 800,000 undocumented youth to live freely in the U.S., immigrants and their allies are taking to the streets in protest._ by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Aug 31, 2017 10:02 PM UTC by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Aug 31, 2017 10:02 PM UTC The Trump administration has not yet made a decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects some young undocumented immigrants, White House officials said Thursday. “This is under review, there are a lot of components that need to be looked at, and once a decision is made we will certainly let you guys know,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders [told reporters](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4681107/white-house-decision-daca-yet). President Donald Trump campaigned against the program, known as DACA, and promised to end it during his run for office in 2016\. But since taking office, he has expressed some sympathy for the thousands of young people it covers, saying he wants to treat the Dreamers with “heart.” When former President Barack Obama signed the legislation in 2012, it allowed some undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as kids to stay and work legally in the United States. Since then, DACA has given protections to more than 800,000 immigrants. Now, amidst the chaos of Hurricane Harvey, Trump has seen pressure from immigration rights activists and some lawmakers to extend the program. But he also faces a looming deadline as several conservative states threatened to [sue his administration](https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/DACA%5Fletter%5F6%5F29%5F2017.pdf?cachebuster:5) if he does not repeal the program by Sept. 5. Despite [news reports](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/31/trump-expected-to-announce-end-to-obama-era-daca-official-says.html) on Thursday that the Trump administration had decided to scrap DACA, Sanders reiterated that the President has not come to a decision. She also told reporters she did not have a timeline for when the program’s fate would be decided. “No offense to your colleague from FOX News but I think that I am little bit better informed than they are in terms of when the White House has made a decision,” Sanders said Thursday. Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert did say that while the states’ lawsuit threat would not affect the administration’s policy decision, it “will affect the timing of it,” according to [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/31/daca-immigration-tom-bossert-trump-242221). ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I am one of the 800, 000 DACA recipients who's lives right now is under attack by the administration. Meaning there are also 800, 000 stories to explain why we need to defend DACA. DACA has opened doors of opportunity that not only have bettered our lives. But have made a great contribution to the United States economy. Standing strong, we are undocumented, unafraid, and here to stay. DACA has given me an identity to come out of the shadows. DACA has given me emotional, and financial stability. DACA has helped me graduate from college. DACA has helped me now attend grad school. DACA has helped me become a home owner, and I'm ready to do this fight for both of my kids. I marched today because immigrant youth will have the privilege of working with every single day are some of the most inspiring and talented people that I know. And because white people like me need to show up and show that we're allies in the fight. Again white supremacy and the attacks on immigrant communities. We're marching because we want to let President Trump that we're here to stay and we want to defend DACA, the program that grants [ INAUDIBLE ] permits to nearly 1 million [ UNKNOWN ] immigrants like myself. If DACA were to end, I will probably lose my job And the bachelor's degree that I'm working so hard towards getting will not have any value, because I will not be able to legally work and better serve my community. DACA has changed my life in many ways. I was able to get a driver's license. I was able to get a good job and pay for tuition. But the best benefit out of DACA is that I was able to travel back to Mexico and visit my family after years of separation. 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