<p>The US will accept no new applications for protection for "Dreamers," young migrants who arrived illegally in the US as minors, a senior official said Tuesday.</p>.<p>However, those who already have a permit under the program may renew it for a year, the official told reporters under the condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>In 2017 President Donald Trump tried to cancel the program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protected so-called Dreamers from deportation and allowed them to work and study in America.</p>.<p>But the case ended up in court and in June the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to kill DACA.</p>.<p>Now, the government will accept no new DACA applications but it will renew the protected status of those who already have it, although, for just a year and not two as had been the case until now, the official said.</p>.<p>Some 7,00,000 people in America have benefited from the DACA program, most of them of Latin American origin.</p>
<p>The US will accept no new applications for protection for "Dreamers," young migrants who arrived illegally in the US as minors, a senior official said Tuesday.</p>.<p>However, those who already have a permit under the program may renew it for a year, the official told reporters under the condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>In 2017 President Donald Trump tried to cancel the program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protected so-called Dreamers from deportation and allowed them to work and study in America.</p>.<p>But the case ended up in court and in June the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to kill DACA.</p>.<p>Now, the government will accept no new DACA applications but it will renew the protected status of those who already have it, although, for just a year and not two as had been the case until now, the official said.</p>.<p>Some 7,00,000 people in America have benefited from the DACA program, most of them of Latin American origin.</p>