In a news conference Thursday, President Trump came across as conflicted but noncommittal when asked about his plans for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era program under which more than 700,000 young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, many of them college students, have gained temporary protection from deportation and renewable work permits.
During the campaign Trump said he would end the program, but he has since softened his tone, saying, without offering specifics, that he will "work something out" for DACA recipients. On Thursday a PBS NewsHour reporter asked the president whether he plans to continue or end the program. Trump did not give a clear answer but responded by describing DACA as a "very, very difficult subject" for him.
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