Here is an article that describes these plans https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/25/1683885/-Coalition-of-20-Democratic-Attorneys-General-urge-Trump-to-keep-DACA-in-place
A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general, led by California AG Xavier Becerra, are urging Donald Trump to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place, writing in a letter that “you have repeatedly expressed your support for Dreamers. Today, we join together to urge you not to capitulate to the demands Texas and nine other states.” That letter, led by Texas’s Dan Patrick, threatens to sue Trump if he does not rescind the program by September. As the letter from the coalition states, if DACA is rescinded, it doesn’t just stand to affect the lives of nearly 800,000 immigrant youth who are American in all but on paper—it stands to affect everyone.
Becerra and the other attorneys general said in their letter that DACA had transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, allowing them to earn college degrees, forge careers and boost their spending power.
Rescinding the program, they said, could cost American businesses “billions” in turnover costs.
“The consequences of rescinding DACA would be severe, not just for the hundreds of thousands of young people who rely on the program — and for their employers, schools, universities and families — but for the country’s economy as a whole,” the letter said.
“Should the program be terminated,” writes immigrant rights activist Julissa Arce, “the losses would be devastating … ending DACA would reduce the nation’s GDP by $433.4 billion over a decade. Another study by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center states that 685,195 young immigrants would become unemployed immediately, causing employers to incur $3.4 billion in costs associated with the termination and replacement of employees. Without DACA, tax revenue would be seriously impacted. Over the next decade, $24.6 billion in Social Security and Medicare contributions would be lost.”
Just as importantly, we must help keep immigrant youth here in the only home they’ve ever known. It’s one reason why a bipartisan set of senators have introduced legislation to do just that.
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