Callaghan OHare/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Callaghan OHare/The Washington Post via Getty Images DACA counted some 636,000 active recipients — known as DREAMers — at the end of last year. Callaghan OHare/The Washington Post via Getty Images A federal district judge in Texas has ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, striking a blow to the Obama-era policy that has protected more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation since 2012. The largely expected decision leaves the fate of thousands of the program's beneficiaries, known as DREAMers, in the hands of Congress, the Biden administration and a Supreme Court where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority.