As of September 5, 2017, President Trump began a six month initiative to end DACA, an Obama administration program known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

DACA currently protects approximately 800,000 undocumented immigrants in their youth who originally entered the U.S. illegally as minors. This legislation grants them the right to work in America legally without the concern of instantaneous deportation. As of March, should President Trump's plan prove successfully carried through and DACA becomes terminated, this 800,000 will now qualify for deportation.

President Trump reasoned that this decision was based on a matter of carrying out justice to those who entered the country illegally and therefore possess no right to U.S. citizenship or the privileges that come with it. Additionally, he shed light to the fact that this will help to alleviate the issue of immigrants hurting the nation economically by taking the jobs of legal citizens and reducing salaries.

Naturally, many have spoken out against the president's recent decision including former president, Barack Obama in a statement he published on Facebook, “Whatever concerns or complaints Americans may have about immigration in general, we shouldn’t threaten the future of this group of young people who are here through no fault of their own, who pose no threat, who are not taking away anything from the rest of us.” While President Obama's statement speaks the truth, it appears to hold no real argument against the move to end DACA. It may not have been an individual's fault for entering the country illegally, however, this does not and should not provide adequate reason to glorify and encourage an illegal act. If one enters the United States illegally, they are not automatically deserving of our resources and protection. There are permissible ways to go about becoming a legal citizen and those currently in fear of deportation simply did not choose to take the steps to ensure a continued right to the privileges that have been granted to them through DACA.

Although, there is still talk of a new legislation that is to be proposed by the Trump administration to the Supreme Court that will act to patch the issues currently overlooked by DACA. In the mean time, the White House has decided to continue to work on the new legislation for a few months longer before formally submitting it to the Supreme Court.