The Trump administration is expected to announce an end to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — President Barack Obama’s signature immigration policy.

The program to protect undocumented migrants who came to the United States as children from deportation was introduced in 2012. The White House says it will announce a decision on the program Tuesday.

Since 2012, DACA has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants the chance to live and work in the country legally.

The plan set to be announced Tuesday is to have a six-month delay in any action regarding the program to allow Congress time to pass a fix through legislation that would allow the undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.

On Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that New York State will sue if President Trump ends DACA.

Gov. Cuomo released the following statement:

Recent reports indicate that President Trump will be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. If he moves forward with this cruel action, New York State will sue to protect the ‘dreamers’ and the state’s sovereign interest in the fair and equal application of the law.



Ending this policy represents an assault on the values that built this state and this nation. The President’s action would upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people who have only ever called America their home, including roughly 42,000 New Yorkers. It will rip families apart, sow havoc in our communities and force innocent people—our neighbors, our friends, and our relatives—to live in fear.



We should not and cannot sit on the sidelines and watch the lives of these young people ruined. We have both a legal and moral obligation to make sure that the laws are faithfully executed without discrimination or animus.



In New York, we are stepping up to protect immigrants. This year, we launched the first in the nation Liberty Defense Project to ensure all immigrants have access to quality legal representation, regardless of their status.



New Yorkers know that we are a nation of immigrants. If there is a move to deport immigrants, then I say start with me. I come from a family of immigrants who came to this country without jobs, without money, without resources—seeking only the promise of America embodied by the Lady in our Harbor. New York has and will continue to raise the torch of hope and opportunity, not fear, and we open our arms to all who want to join our community.

Schneiderman released the following statement on the policy: