More than 4 million immigrants awaited May 19th with the hope that the presidential program of temporary protection against deportation for undocumented parents, known as DAPA, would go into effect. But the presidential action was blocked by a Texas judge, which allowed for a lawsuit by 26 Republican governors. So the program was suspended indefinitely. The date was remembered with mass protests in more than 30 cities, among calls for Republican leaders to stop the lawsuit. Our correspondent in Washington, D.C., José López Zamorano, prepared this report.

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