Zuckerberg in livestream slams Trump's DACA move as 'troubling'

Zuckerberg in livestream slams Trump's DACA move as 'troubling'

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https://www.cnet.com/news/zuckerberg-facebook-trump-daca-decision-troubling/

On Wednesday, he held a live video chat on the social network with three undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. They urged Congress to take swift action and pass legislation that would avoid ending DACA, also known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to officially rescind DACA, an Obama-era immigration program that gives work and student visas to people brought to the US illegally as children, leaves as many as 800,000 Dreamers at risk of losing their jobs and subject to deportation. Trump administration officials said the program will be phased out over the next six months.