US President Donald Trump has decided to scrap a program shielding immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children from deportation but will give Congress six months to craft a bill to replace it.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, an Obama‑era program, protects nearly 800,000 young men and women, often called "Dreamers" from deportation.
Trump decided to delay enforcement of his decision to end the program, to give Congress time to devise an alternative.
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan urged US President Donald Trump on Friday not to rescind the Obama‑era program.
