A federal appeals court has ruled against an Obama-era policy shielding hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have long lived in the United States from deportation

But the judges stayed their ruling and for now, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients will continue to have protection from deportation.

A US federal appeals court ruled against an Obama-era policy to shield immigrants who came to the country illegally as young children, only three days before Donald Trump takes office with pledges of mass deportations.