DACA Program

The Trump administration’s bid to end legal protections for DACA recipients was denied by the United States Supreme Court in a striking move on Thursday sending waves of elation among the hundreds of thousands of young immigrants it affected, including those in San Diego.

NBC 7’s Rory Devine interviewed a DACA recipient to get her reaction to today’s ruling.

NBC 7’s Rory Devine spoke to a San Diego immigration attorney who was a plaintiff in the case against the Trump Administration that led to the Supreme Court case.

In a groundbreaking ruling, the majority of Supreme Court Justices ruled on Thursday that the Trump Administration’s move to end the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Act, better known as DACA, was not passed with proper explanation and therefore was not constitutional.

Immigration attorneys explained to NBC 7’s Mari Payton how Thursday’s ruling doesn’t mean there won’t be anymore attempts to stop DACA.

NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez speaks to a DACA recipient on his thoughts of the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting President Trump’s bid to end the program.