Inside Story - What's the Fall-out from Scrapping DACA?

About 800,000 young people in the United States are now in legal limbo.

President Trump has scrapped the Obama era immigration programme known as DACA - or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

It protected young undocumented immigrants from deportation. Now Congress has six months to replace it.

Former President Barack Obama has called it "cruel and wrong," but Trump says he's upholding the constitution.

So, what does it mean for those who know no country other than the US? And is politics involved in this controversial decision?

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra | Guests: Rina Shah - Founder & Principal of Rilax Strategies; Noor Zafar - Attorney at the Centre for Constitutional Rights; Joe Watkins - Republican Political Strategist.

Former President Barack Obama Says Ending DACA Is Cruel And Wrong | MSNBC

Obama Slams Trump for Rescinding DACA, Calls Move 'Cruel'

CNN: Washington (CNN) – Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday bashed his successor's decision to rescind an immigration order shielding some children of undocumented immigrants from deportation, calling the move "cruel" and "self-defeating."

Trump ends DACA, but gives Congress window to save it "To target these young people is wrong -- because they have done nothing wrong," Obama wrote in a post on Facebook hours after the decision was announced by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. "It is self-defeating -- because they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. And it is cruel."

The lengthy statement is among Obama's most forceful since departing office. He sharply criticized Trump's motives and insisted rescinding the program -- called DACA -- was not legally required. » | Kevin Liptak, CNN Whit House Producer | September 5, 2017

Trump Administration Announces Plan To End DACA | The View

What Dreamers Gained from DACA, and Stand to Lose

Read the New York Times article here

Jeff Sessions Announces End of DACA

The Obama-era program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks today on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals also known as DACA. Dreamers are people who were illegally brought to the United States as children who under the program were granted visas. President Trump and Jeff Sessions plan to end this program during this announcement.

Ann Coulter Urges President Trump to Terminate DACA

Ann Coulter on The Larry O'Connor Show (September 1, 2017)