"The dream is over
What can I say?
The dram is over
yesterday
I was the dream weaver..."
These people, through no fault of their own, have been brought up as American citizens, have been educated by U.S. schools, and – if Trump's order is enforced – will have six months to make arrangements to leave the United States to a country many do not know.
Unless there is some congressional action during those six months, they will have to leave their families and go to their country of origin, mostly Mexico and Central America although there are also immigrants from other countries.
Trump has wrestled for months with whether to do away with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA. But conversations with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who argued that Congress – rather than the executive branch – is responsible for writing immigration law, helped persuade the president to terminate the program and kick the issue to Congress.