Two weeks after President Donald Trump announced he was rescinding the protections offered to young undocumented immigrants by his predecessor Barack Obama, the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program remains murky. After having dinner with the president last Wednesday, Senate and House minority leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi announced that they had reached a deal to keep DACA active in exchange for beefed-up border security. This was followed by Trump backtracking on Thursday morning, saying there was no deal.
In the meantime, state and municipal authorities as well as immigration-rights groups are scrambling to prepare for whatever comes next.