VIDEO : White House Punts DACA To SCOTUS

On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let the government go ahead with its plan to end a program to help young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children stay in the country. The move bypasses a federal appeals court. Thursday's action is considered a legal long shot. The court rarely grants requests to skip over the lower courts. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke issued an order in September to begin winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions concluded that the Obama administration had no legal authority to begin it nearly six years ago.