Labor organizer Karin Martinez stands in the doorway at the Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on January 13, 2025. Krystal Ramirez for NPR hide caption
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Handguns are displayed at a trade show in Las Vegas. The Supreme Court is granting a case on gun rights for the first time since 2010. John Locher/AP hide caption
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in pending cases about the legality of the Trump administration's decision to end the DACA program. Eric Thayer/Getty Images hide caption
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ICE agents conduct an enforcement operation in Los Angeles in February. Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP hide caption
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Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, registered with the government under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. He is suing the government after being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Daniel Ramirez Medina/AP hide caption
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Juan de la Rosa Diaz came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 5. The 20-year-old is in his last semester as a political science major at Virginia Tech. Ari Shapiro/NPR hide caption
DACA Student Under Trump: 'I Am Still Woven Into The Fabric Of This Country'
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Yoko Ono, John Lennon and their immigration attorney, Michael Wildes (right), leave the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City on March 16, 1972. Anthony Camerano/AP hide caption
John Lennon's Deportation Fight Paved Way For Obama's Deferred Action Policy
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A 2012 guide shows who's eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The original program, implemented by President Obama in 2012, has come under fire from many Republican presidential candidates — many of whom have promised to end it if elected to the White House. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
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President Obama speaks about immigration reform during a meeting with young immigrants in the White House on Feb. 4. The president's 2014 executive actions on immigration have been caught up in a legal dispute, which the White House has appealed to the Supreme Court. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Wilfredis Ayala, an unauthorized immigrant from El Salvador, lives on Long Island, N.Y., with his U.S.-born son, Justin, and Justin's mother, Wendy Urbina. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption
Immigrants Worry They'll Face Deportation After Deferred Action Delay
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People walk along the beach in Tijuana, Mexico, near San Diego, where metal bars marking the border with the U.S. meet the sea. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption