--- title: President Trump's DACA Decision description: President Trump is close to taking action against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the DACA program. which he promised to end. canonical: https://time.com/4924696/president-trumps-daca-decision/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-01T18:37:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:15:18.734Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's DACA Decision og:description: President Trump is close to taking action against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the DACA program. which he promised to end. og:url: https://time.com/4924696/president-trumps-daca-decision/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's DACA Decision twitter:description: President Trump is close to taking action against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the DACA program. which he promised to end. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's DACA Decision > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Sep 1, 2017 6:37 PM UTC President Donald Trump is potentially hours away from taking action against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides for legal status for many people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump first promised nearly a year ago to end the program, which was instituted by executive action by President Barack Obama, circumventing a Congress whose efforts on immigration reform repeatedly stalled. But in the years since its implementation, the program has found many supporters in both parties, in large part due to humanitarian concerns for people who did nothing wrong themselves and are now integrated into American society. Trump had promised to treat the so-called DREAMers “with heart” as recently as the fall. But the plan he is considering would phase out the program, meaning that those whose work permits need renewal would be unable to do so. Republicans have long contended that DACA amounted to an unconstitutional end-run around the legislative branch, but House Speaker Paul Ryan and other top lawmakers are now asking Trump to hold off so Congress can take action to protect those covered by DACA. Trump is likely to go ahead regardless, lighting a fire under Congress to move swiftly. In the Oval Office Friday afternoon, asked whether DREAMers should be worried, Trump told reporters, “We love the DREAMers. We love everybody…. We think the DREAMers are terrific.” The Trump administration slashes Obamacare outreach. Congress preps a Harvey aid bill. 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