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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 won't 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. they've gone to school or joined the military. they've gotten jobs. and by now, many daca recipients now have children of their own ...

Outside, and pro protesters arriving at the minute. they're deciding whether to green light trump's plan to end protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants. this is the policy put in place by former president obama. it's 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 here's the big question. if president obama could start daca simply by presidential action, why can't president trump just stop it? and what the defenders of daca say is it's the way the president did it. they say rather ...

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 justices will soon vote. we won't find out their decision, though, probably until the spring. but it did s...

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 we'll 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 not pass in the senate unless something dramatically changes. so i think the mechanics are these -- ...

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 announced decision. let's go to -- who is standing by for us. talk to me more about this. >> i can t...