California state leaders call decision to rescind DACA ‘callous’ and ‘cowardly’

California state leaders Tuesday denounced the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, calling it “callous” and “cowardly.”

President Trump’s decision to end the program, which grants protections for immigrants brought into the country illegally as children, affects more than 800,000 nationwide, a quarter of whom are in California.