As Washington worries that a deal on immigration that might shut down the government, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen suggested that those registered with the government under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be safe even if it expires.

DACA reauthorization has been at the center of the debate between the White House and lawmakers in exchange for funding for the border wall as well as ending chain migration and the visa lottery system. But Nielsen, in an interview with John Dickerson of “CBS This Morning,” said that the agency that enforces immigration laws won’t prioritize DACA recipients.