Senate Democrats want to block President Trump from using personal information collected under an Obama-era program to round up and deport some immigrants.

"The Trump Administration now threatens to use this information against them to break families apart, deport these students or their families, and enact anti-immigrant policies that are contrary to American values,” Heinrich said.

He argued Trump should be focused on coming up with comprehensive immigration reform, rather than pursuing his campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The legislation would prohibit John Kelly, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, from disclosing information an undocumented immigrant provided to sign up for DACA to either the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection unless the two agencies will use it to implement the DACA program.

Kelly would also be prohibited by the legislation from referring any undocumented immigrant who has had their deportation case deferred because of DACA to ICE, Customs and Border Protection or the Department of Justice.