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Trump DACA fight hits Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments over President Trump‘s move to end Obama-era protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, in one of the most closely watched cases of its term.

The controversy over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is at the center of a two-year, contentious political fight between Democrats and Trump over immigration. And it presents high stakes for both parties and the court as the justices again review a controversial Trump policy.

A ruling could change the deportation status of nearly 700,000 people and is expected to come next summer, just months before the 2020 election.

View the complete November 11 article by John Kruzel and Rafael Bernal on The Hill website here.

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