THE United States Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump, requiring his administration to maintain protections he has sought to end for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children.
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The justices refused to hear the administration’s appeal of a federal judge’s January 9 injunction that halted Trump’s move to end a program that benefits immigrants known as “Dreamers” implemented in 2012 by his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama. Under Trump’s action, the protections were due to start phasing out beginning in March.
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