Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House, discusses immigration overhaul at California State University, Sacramento on Monday. Earlier, she was shouted down by young immigrants at an event in San Francisco. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
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Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., spoke about their Dream Act to help protect DACA recipients at a press conference on Tuesday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Then-President Barack Obama in a 2015 meeting with a group of DREAMers, who received protection from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Obama reacted strongly to President Trump's reversal of the policy. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
President Obama announces executive actions on U.S. immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House on Thursday. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
GOP leadership decided against keeping an immigration-related provision in the defense authorization bill. But it allowed one banning the Defense Department from participating in climate change research. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., testifies in July 2013 on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security hearing. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Demonstrators protest the Obama administration's deportation policies in Phoenix last year. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
President Obama talks about his decision to stop deporting some young immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption