Poll: Most Americans support DACA
© Greg Nash

A large majority of Americans supports maintaining the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a new poll found.

The CBS News poll, released Sunday, shows 70 percent of Americans favor allowing those who benefit from the program, often known as “Dreamers,” to stay in the country. Congress has in recent days met to work on a long-term fix for the program.

The Obama-era measure allows certain immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to live and work here without fear of deportation.

President Trump announced last year that he would rescind the program, and gave Congress six months to find a…