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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program became a United States trending topic on Twitter on Wednesday as supporters went online to advocate for the program under the #DefendDACA hashtag.

Many Democratic politicians also tweeted their support.

The #DefendDACA tweets happened the same day a report from McClatchy said that the White House would not support a bipartisan DREAM Act bill co-sponsored by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

“It’s enforcement first. Then we can get to all these other things,” said a White House official, according to McClatchy.

As expected with any trending topic, the hashtag also saw its share of opponents:

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