President-elect Trump is under pressure to preserve an Obama administration directive from 2012 that granted relief from deportation to illegal immigrant youth and could be undone the minute he takes office, unlike other Obama-era policies.

The incoming Republican president could take several paths to protect the 740,000 undocumented students afforded temporary legal status and work permits under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program, and who many view as Americans in every way except for citizenship.

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