An appeals court ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as the "Dream Act," was unlawful, but said it could stay in force for the 600,000 "Dreamers" who had already obtained the status.
The DACA program was put into place by former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in 2012 after saying numerous times that he did not have the constitutional power to do so. The act allows illegal immigrants who arrived in the United States as children to remain on U.S. soil.
