Gov. John Kasich called President Donald Trump's decision to rescind a program that protects undocumented immigrants brought to America as children "a crisis" and urged the GOP-controlled Congress to pass a solution as soon as possible.

"Speaker Paul Ryan said he wanted to fix this. Go fix it. Get it done. Lead," Kasich told "CBS This Morning" on Wednesday.

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On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administrations would immediately stop accepting applications to former President Barack Obama's immigration program – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The program allowed undocumented immigrants who were brought to America as children to work, study and live in the country legally. Every two years, they could renew their status.

Current recipients would not be affected until March 5 of next year. That is Congress' deadline to find a solution for the 800,000 young immigrants currently using the program.

But Kasich says it shouldn't take that long.

"It should take 6 hours, not 6 months. ... This is a crisis."

Kasich, who ran for president against Trump and has been critical of the president's policies, said the Trump administration's decision puts young people in jeopardy. "This is not the America we all love."

It's not clear how motivated Congressional Republicans are to reinstate a program for undocumented immigrants – even those brought here as children.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., tweeted: "President Obama's executive order was illegal. However, this is a real problem we should solve in a bipartisan fashion." Other Cincinnati-area members of Congress were more noncommittal.

In the meantime, Kasich made an appeal to DACA recipients.

"If the Dreamers want to go somewhere and live, come to Ohio. We want all the immigrants to come to Ohio, because we know how much they contribute to America," Kasich told "CBS This Morning."