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DACA youth hold out hope for relief from legislation

Supreme Court upholds 'Dreamers' status, for now, despite administration's goal for more immigration reform

Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program demonstrate Sept. 3, 2017, on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

01142018 DACA — Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program demonstrate Sept. 3, 2017, on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Supreme Court last week effectively granted a “stay of execution” to an expiring program that protects from deportation undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.