Michiana nonprofits hosted a rally urging Republican Representative Jackie Walorski to support protection for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.

The Obama-era program will expire in six months, the administration said on Tuesday. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals granted legal protections to roughly 800,000 people.

Hoosier recipients and advocates of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order hope Congress will intervene to make the program permanent.