Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to hold a press conference Tuesday at 11 a.m. where he will reportedly announce the administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, with a six months delay.
Sessions will not take any questions from reporters following the briefing, according to the Department of Justice’s schedule.
Politico was first to report that President Donald Trump was planning to announce Tuesday that he will end DACA, a move that has seen bipartisan pushback. Sessions will face the cameras instead.
*The Attorney General will not be taking questions following the briefing.* #DACA pic.twitter.com/n995gVUrxx
— Michael A. Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) September 5, 2017
The DACA program was introduced through executive order by Former President Barack Obama in 2012 and is designed to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation.
The six month delay will reportedly give Congress time to pass legislation to remedy the issue. Several states have threatened to sue Trump if he didn’t make moves to end the program by Tuesday.
