--- title: Watch Live: Jeff Sessions' DACA Briefing description: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was established under President Barack Obama. canonical: https://time.com/4927060/jeff-sessions-daca-announcement/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-05T14:24:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T11:13:33.218Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Jeff Sessions Makes DACA Announcement og:description: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was established under Obama og:url: https://time.com/4927060/jeff-sessions-daca-announcement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf678b74895501af/6988d8900b72e377966eeef2/gettyimages-826413430.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Department of Justice and the National Insider Threat Task Force og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Jeff Sessions Makes DACA Announcement twitter:description: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was established under Obama twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf678b74895501af/6988d8900b72e377966eeef2/gettyimages-826413430.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Makes DACA Announcement by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Sep 5, 2017 2:24 PM UTC  Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces that the National Insider Threat Task Force will be increasing its efforts to combat the leaking of classified material threatening national security in Washington, USA on August 4, 2017. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces that the National Insider Threat Task Force will be increasing its efforts to combat the leaking of classified material threatening national security in Washington, USA on August 4, 2017.Anadolu Agency—Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Sep 5, 2017 2:24 PM UTC Attorney General [Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4890898/jeff-sessions-chicago-sanctuary-cities/) is set to hold a briefing related to the [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals](http://time.com/4926941/congress-summer-recess-returns-deadlines/) (DACA) program at 11 a.m. E.T. Tuesday, which you can watch live from the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., above. The department did not provide any more information about the briefing, other than that Sessions will not be taking questions when it concludes. > [](https://twitter.com/MikeScarcella/status/904869201495674881) During a briefing Friday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that President Trump’s decision on whether to terminate the DACA program would be announced this week. “I just spoke with the President and we’re in the process of finalizing that decision and those details, and we’re actually going to make that announcement on Tuesday of next week,” she said on Sept. 1. The DACA program, which was established under President Barack Obama, protects some undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. Since its implementation in 2012, it has shielded about 800,000 immigrants from deportation. 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