The Latest: New Mexico prosecutor vows help for 'Dreamers'

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on New Mexico students and DACA (all times local):

3:50 p.m.

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is joining several state attorneys general in vowing to challenge plans by the Donald Trump administration to undo legal protections for young immigrants.

Balderas on Tuesday announced plans to "build a strong case" to protect beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Trump has begun to dismantle the program also known as DACA that allows young people who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children to work legally in the U.S.