When the White House first announced its intent to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program last week, many speculated that President Donald Trump was planning to use the issue as part of a grand bargain to win additional funding for immigration enforcement and a border wall.

But since then, from the president on down, the administration has repeatedly undercut its own bargaining position to strike such a deal. Trump has repeatedly assured DACA recipients that he would take “no action” against them in 2017, and that he would “revisit this issue” if Congress failed to pass legislation protecting their legal status.