Connecticut’s governor and lieutenant governor celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, protecting about 700,000 immigrants from deportation. A divided court ruled the Trump administration’s effort to end the program violated federal law.

“The Supreme Court affirmed today what we have been saying all along—Dreamers are members of our communities, and any attempt to change that would be unjust and wrong,” said Gov. Ned Lamont in a public statement.. “Tearing people from the only homes they have ever known is cruel, heartless, and—despite what the administration may claim—doesn’t even serve a national security purpose.”