AP Explains: US Supreme Court ruling on DACA program

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Experts say that's not likely to happen before the election in part because DACA has wide, bipartisan support among the American public.
54% : Now, many of the 650,000 people who are enrolled in DACA are working professionals; some are even parents and grandparents.
51% : The Supreme Court's decision to keep DACA intact means the 650,000 people who are enrolled will keep their protections, which last two years.
45% : DACA allows them to legally work and shields them from deportation.
42% : His administration has also cited a lower court's ruling striking down an expansion of DACA that would have applied to parents as another reason to end the program.
42% : But the program hasn't accepted any new applicants in a couple of years, and it's unclear whether people who would have qualified for the program but couldn't apply after Trump announced he was rescinding it will now be able to apply.
39% : After Trump tried to end the program in 2017, he gave Congress six months to come up with a solution.
38% : At a hearing before the justices last November, the administration's attorney argued that it had taken responsibility for its decision and that it had the authority to end DACA even if it is legal because it's bad policy.
28% : Trump attempted to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2017 shortly after being elected on a largely anti-immigrant platform.
18% : President Donald Trump, while campaigning in 2016, vowed to end DACA, but then softened his stance before finally having his administration announce its demise in September 2017.
17% : On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court said that while Trump could end the program, he did so improperly.

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