United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement urging her Democratic colleagues to call on Republicans to find a "permanent path to citizenship" for migrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
"As we await the swift stay that the law clearly requires, Democrats will continue to press for any and all paths to ensure that the Dream and Promise Act, now passed twice by the House, becomes the law of the land," said Pelosi.
Her comments came in criticism of a decision made by a judge in Texas, who found the program to be unlawful and ruled against allowing new applicants.
