Article snippet: President DACA) policy on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said today. While it’s unclear what decision the president will ultimately make, he did speak briefly on the matter today. “We love DREAMers. We love everybody,” he said. Vice President Mike Pence, in an exclusive interview with Jon Karl said, “President Trump has said all along that he's giving very careful consideration to that issue, and that when he makes it he'll make it with, as he likes to say, big heart." During his presidential campaign, Trump vowed to end the program, calling it "illegal," and he’s under tremendous pressure from immigration hardliners, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Here’s what you need to know about the program: What is DACA? DACA was started by President Obama in 2012 to allow certain undocumented immigrants who were children when they were brought to the U.S. to apply for deferred action and be eligible for work permits. The policy was implemented as an Obama-era executive action, but can be as easily undone with the stroke of the presidential pen. What will happen if DACA is nixed? One of the big questions if Trump halts the program is what will happen to the nearly 800,000 so-called DREAMers who came out of the shadows and registered with the government after the program was introduced. As of July 31, 2017, there were 794,846 initial grants since the inception of the program. It remains to be seen whether these individuals... Link to the full article to read more