Following suit with the city of San Jose and jurisdictions across the country that have vowed to protect young “Dreamers,” Santa Clara County and its employees on Tuesday announced a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program.

Trump announced the end of the program on Sept. 5 and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stopped taking renewal applications last week. Meanwhile, Congress has until March 5 to salvage the Obama-era program, which protected an estimated 800,000 undocumented immigrants who grew up in the U.S. from deportation.

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Is there really a DACA deal? Trump denies Democrats’ report Officials with Santa Clara County and the Service Employees International Union Local 521 announced the lawsuit during a news conference at the county government center Tuesday. It’s the first lawsuit in the nation filed jointly by an employer and a labor union on behalf of DACA beneficiary employees, according to the county.

“Yet again, the Trump administration has overstepped the constitutional bounds of its authority. The county and its residents are harmed by stripping law-abiding young people of their ability to participate in the workforce and access critical safety net services,” said Dave Cortese, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. “The county of Santa Clara is prepared to fight vigorously to defend the rights of its employees and residents.”

SEIU Local 521 represents more than 10,000 workers in Santa Clara County, some of whom are DACA recipients, officials said.

“It is our responsibility to protect the rights of our members,” said Riko Mendez, chief elected officer of the union. “We are partnering with Santa Clara County to preserve the ability of DACA recipients to serve our community.”

The White House on Sunday delivered a list of demands to Congress that would need to be met in exchange for any potential deal to protect Dreamers. Among the demands: construction of a border wall, hiring 10,000 additional immigration agents, stricter laws for people requesting asylum and further consequences for sanctuary cities.

“Now is the time for Congress to adopt these immigration priorities,” said Marc Short, the president’s legislative director, as reported by the New York Times. If stricter immigration enforcement isn’t passed, illegal immigration “will likely increase,” he said.

While some Republicans have said certain compromises have to be made in order to reach a deal, some Democrats have already dismissed the demands.

USCIS, the agency that processes DACA applications, received an estimated 39,000 renewal requests nationwide between Sept. 5 and Sept. 27, according to spokeswoman Sharon Rummery.

There were 1,740 DACA recipients in Santa Clara County who were eligible to make the October deadline for renewing the protections as the administration phases out the program, officials said.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo last month announced the city’s lawsuit challenging Trump’s decision to end DACA.

“DACA recipients include public servants in our own City Hall, providing public safety and other critical services to our community,” he said. “They all deserve our support and they deserve our nation’s welcome.”