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Only be bestowed by congress. but the defenders of daca say, no, this kind of blanket permission to stay in the country, a promise that the law wont be enforced against them, has been done many times by previous administrations against people from many other countries, and that when that happened, they also got permission to get jobs and get social security benefits. and in fact, what they say is the majority of daca recipients have met the standards of the law. theyve gone to school or joined t...

Outside, and pro protesters arriving at the minute. theyre deciding whether to green light trumps plan to end protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants. this is the policy put in place by former president obama. its known as daca and affects people known as dreamers. pete williams is at the court for us. >> reporter: hallie, the court is hearing argument now and heres the big question. if president obama could start daca simply by presidential action, why cant president trump just sto...

The justice department has argued an explanation is not necessary. it says the program is legally questionable at best and, at worse, it is illegal. joining us is pete williams and former dreamer cesar vargas a specialist in the u.s. u.s. army reserve. gentlemen, welcome. >> thank you. >> pete, if you can for me, set the scene and give me an idea of how the first statements from the justices have gone and where this looks like it might be headed. >> reporter: the argument is over now. the justic...

Agreement to move ahead with this thing in order for it to happen? in other words, is there sort of some point -- if you and i are talking about this 24 hours from now, does that mean a government shutdown is likely at midnight on saturday? >> reporter: i guess so. so 24 hours from now, most likely well have seen the house pass this short-term c.r. and i suspect the senate will still be discussing what their going to go about it. right now the house bill that will likely pass here tonight will n...

Comes as up to ten states threaten to sue the administration if the program is not canceled by tomorrow. with nearly 800,000 daca recipients already shielded from deportation since the program started in 2012 the ramifications could be massive, impacting those so-called dreamers. reaction has been fierce and immediate. facebook ceo mark zuckerburg and former rival hillary clinton to actor george takai. lawmakers of all stripes are voicing their concerns, slamming his president for his yet to be ...

Its one of the most difficult subjects i have because you have incredible kids. i love kids. i have kids and grandkids. i find it very, very hard doing what the law says exactly to do. >> at one point, the president told dreamers they were the least of his priorities when it came to addressing illegal immigration. >> they shouldnt be worried they are here illegally. they shouldnt be very worried. i have a big heart. were going to take care of everybody. >> the pressure was moving toward ending t...

They could have their status renewed for another two years. some of the dreamers could stay here until as late as 2021 if congress does nothing in the program is allowed to expire. no one is going that far just yet. they are saying we think congress will take care of it. >> brian: dick durbin and lindsey graham together, both critics at different times of president trump saying weve got to work together to get something done. now its on us to do this. constitutionally we know senator lindsey gra...