https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/5/16236602/daca-repeal-tech-companies-speaking-out-against-trump >In response to the expected announcement that the Trump administration will be shutting down the Obama-era “Dreamers” immigration program, Silicon Valley companies are speaking out. Otherwise known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Dreamers program enables nearly 800,000 undocumented individuals who came to the US as children to continue to live, study, and work in the United States. To qualify as a Dreamer, individuals must have come to the country when they were younger than 16, and continue to meet a series of stringent rules. >Though during the campaign Trump vowed to shut down DACA on the first day of his presidency, the administration has wavered on that commitment. In a February press conference, Trump said, “We are gonna deal with DACA with heart. The DACA situation is a very difficult thing for me, as I love these kids, I love kids. I have kids and grandkids, and I find it very, very hard doing what the law says exactly to do and, you know, the law is rough.” Trump has not clearly indicated when or how he would rescind DACA, but observers speculate that a decision is imminent. Earlier this morning, Trump tweeted: