The United States Supreme Court blocked an order by the Trump administration that renders the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program null and void. DACA alludes to a popular Obama administration initiated order that protects thousands of undocumented immigrants who had been brought to America as children from getting deported.

In a 5-4 majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts deemed the decision of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security), which encompasses issues, to invalidate the 2012 order, as arbitrary and capricious. It is worth noting that the order does not restrict future attempts.

Roberts noted that they aren't authorized to decide whether or not DACA or its rescission are judicious policies, adding that they can only check if the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it offers a valid explanation for its action. The agency, Roberts pointed out, failed to consider issues of whether or retain leniency and how to deal with the problems this will create for the DACA recipients.

Former President Barack Obama had provided the protection via a 2012 executive order, stopping the government from deporting undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. Dubbed as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Trump administration canceled it in Nov. 2017, but lower courts blocked it from going into effect and now the nation's highest court has followed suit, Hindustan Times reported.

According to the USCIS (US citizenship and Immigration Services), there are about 699,350 DACA recipients, who are also called Dreamers qualify for the DACA protection. America has informed India, that about 2,550 of them are Indians. There are about 649,000 immigrants comprising Hispanic adults from Mexico, and various other Latin American countries who are currently protected under the program, Reuters reported.

Those enrolled under the DACA program are safe from deportation and are also eligible to get two-year work permits that can be renewed. Trump described the Supreme Court's decision as politically charged and horrible. Taking to his official Twitter handle, the president deemed the decision as shotgun blasts into the face of those who are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives.

It is worth mentioning here that the ruling does not stop Trump from attempting to end the program again. Earlier this week, Neil Gorsuch, along with chief justice and the bench’s four liberal justices included the LGBTQ community in the workplace protections from discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.