removing protections that prevent the immediate deportation of undocumented children and allowing authorities to keep families in detention for longer periods awaiting deportation decisions, according to "the new york times." this effort coming after the president declared that any deal to protect dreamers is dead. >> the democrats have really let them down. it's a shame. and now people are taking advantage of daca. that's a shame. it should have never happened. >> didn't you kill, daca, sir? didn't you kill daca? >> reporter: president trump announced he intended to end the dreamer program last fall. and immigration negotiations collapsed earlier this year after the president signaled he was open to a bipartisan solution. >> this group and others from the senate, from the house comes back with an agreement, i'm signing it. i mean, i will be signing it. i'm not going to say, oh, gee, i want this or i want that. >> reporter: democrats offered $25 billion for the president's border wall in exchange for citizenship for dreamers. the white house was not