President Trump Announces End of Obama Immigration Scheme That Protects 800000 Young Immigrants

President Donald Trump is scrapping an Obama-presidency policy to protect young undocumented immigrants, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced.No first-time applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) programme will be acted on after Tuesday, the government confirmed.However, existing recipients will not be affected for at least six months. The scheme protected some 800,000 so-called “Dreamers”, mostly Latin Americans, from deportation.

They were able to apply for work and study permits under a policy which, critics said, amounted to an amnesty for illegal immigrants.Photo Credit: Getty

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