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The Supreme Court is expected to rule any day on the status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era policy that  shields from deportation millions of those whose parents brought them to the United States at a young age. President Trump鈥檚 Administration the program early in his term, arguing that such sweeping immigration policy should be the domain of Congress, not solely the Executive Branch.

In 2017, when the administration announced its intention to terminate DACA, President Trump issued a regarding his decision: 鈥淚 do not favor punishing children, most of whom are now adults, for the actions of their parents. But we must also recognize that we are a nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws.鈥�

Details of the case

The case before the court is Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, and justices will determine if the administration followed correct protocol and procedure in terminating the program. This includes proper justification for the decision and adequate adherence to the processes in place.

, a DACA recipient and the founder and CEO of Aliento AZ, a DACA advocacy group and , there are 鈥渢hree to four likely scenarios.鈥�

The 鈥渨orst case-scenario for DACA recipients鈥� is that the Supreme Court not only rules that the president followed proper procedure, but that the program itself was unconstitutional. This means that 鈥渋t can set a precedent for other programs in the future,鈥� says Montoya.

A more likely equally distressing outcome for DACA recipients is that the president鈥檚 termination of the program was justified and that the court will allow a 鈥減hase-out鈥� of the program.

Another possibility is that the Supreme Court sends the case back down to lower courts. While not ideal for proponents of the program, it does mean that it would continue to be litigated and thus avoid an immediate termination.

鈥淥ne of the deepest fears鈥� among 鈥淒ACA-mented鈥� individuals is that the program could be terminated 鈥渙n-the spot.鈥� However unlikely, it is still within the realm of possibility.

Whatever the outcome, it is sure to be one of great importance.

Luis Acosta鈥檚 story

Luis Acosta, a public affairs professional, had the opportunity to share his story as an immigrant and DACA-recipient.

鈥淢y family came to the United States when I was two-years old,鈥� says Acosta, 鈥淕rowing up during S.B. 1070 and the Sheriff [Joe] Arpaio raids, you learn to hide.鈥� 

Acosta was able to go public about his DACA status when he served as Arizona鈥檚 director for the Mike Bloomberg for President campaign earlier this year and was, featured in a campaign video on immigration policy.

The focus of his career has been working internally within organizations 鈥渢o help them draft and create pragmatic policy that鈥檚 really going to push everybody forward in a positive direction.鈥�

For him, this moment is a crossroads. A program 鈥渢hat has given so many opportunities just in the state of Arizona鈥� is now at risk of termination. There are 鈥渞oughly 30,000鈥� DACA-mented people in the state. Each and everyone of them is worried that once again they will have to go into hiding.

There are 鈥渃ountless people in Arizona who have been nothing but stand-up citizens, and now their lives are being left in limbo,鈥� Acosta says.

Economic impact

Glenn Hamer, president and CEO of the Arizona 小红帽直播app of Commerce and Industry, believes that keeping the DACA program in place is 鈥渢he right thing to do morally. You start there.鈥� But, he says, you cannot neglect the enormous positive economic impact immigrants鈥攑articularly DACA recipients鈥攈ave in Arizona.

鈥淭hese are people who are going to university. They鈥檙e working. They鈥檝e been in the military,鈥� Hamer said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e all contributing to a better Arizona and to a better America.鈥�

The U.S. 小红帽直播app of Commerce has also made clear: 鈥淓nding DACA would be a nightmare for Dreamers. A nightmare for businesses. A nightmare for America鈥檚 economy.鈥�

According to a compiled by the U.S. House Committee on Small Business, 鈥淒ACA enrolled and eligible immigrants contribute roughly $2 billion each year in state and local taxes.鈥� Deporting DACA recipients could 鈥渃ost $60 billion and reduce economic growth by $280 billion.鈥� This means that it could cost the United States 鈥渙ver $460 billion in economic output over a decade.鈥�

What鈥檚 next?

There is one sure path to comprehensive immigration reform that all sides seem to agree on: bipartisan cooperation in Congress. Despite the hyper-polarization of the current world, polls show a glimmer of hope for proponents.

According to a by Gallup, an all-time high of 55% of Americans believe that immigrants 鈥渕ostly help鈥� the economy. Furthermore, over 80% of Americans favor a path to citizenship for undocumented people currently living within the United States. Better yet for DACA proponents, a revealed that 83% of Americans favor the DACA program specifically.When President Trump approved the winding down of the program in 2017, he also made clear that he would favor congressional action to renew the program. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, then-White House press secretary, that the president wanted 鈥淒ACA made permanent as part of 鈥榗omprehensive鈥� immigration legislation.鈥�