Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala urge protections for U.S. 'Dreamers'

Protestors gather outside the Trump Hotel to protest President Donald Trump's plan to repeal DACA in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and Central American countries they will lobby U.S. lawmakers to protect young illegal immigrants who saw their lives thrown into limbo on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would end a programme that shields them from deportation.

Trump announced plans to halt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme that has protected from deportation nearly 800,000 young men and women who entered the United States illegally as children.