DACA deadline set by Trump passes without action

Protesters outside the U.S. Capitol Monday call for Congress to pass legislation extending DACA. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
WASHINGTON — The deadline President Donald Trump set for lawmakers to act to extend a program that provides work permits and deportation protections for undocumented immigrants who arrived as children passed Monday.
Recipients of the deferred action for childhood arrivals, or DACA, program, retain protected status for the time being because of two court decisi