New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin is leading a group of 14 Democratic attorneys general asking a court to let them defend a federal policy that opened subsidized health coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.

Also known as “Dreamers,” DACA recipients are young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

The attorneys general say that they anticipate that President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will not do so once he takes office.

The request was filed in the U.S. District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota on Wednesday. It is among the first of what are expected to be many legal skirmishes over policy as the presidency changes hands.

“Undermining Dreamers’ access to health care not only hurts them and their American children, but it harms states like New Jersey, too,” Platkin said in a statement. "We will never back down from fighting for our Dreamers, no matter who is in charge in Washington.”

Gov. Phil Murphy stated that he supports Platkin’s efforts.

“New Jersey’s Dreamers make our state strong and vibrant and they should not be deprived of access to basic health care services,” Murphy wrote. “We must never back down from defending our fundamental values.”

The "Dreamers" are part of a program that makes them a low priority for deportation. In his first term as president, Trump had varying stances on the program. He attempted to end it but was thwarted by the Supreme Court.

More recently, Trump has promised “the largest mass deportation program in history” when he takes office and also said he would look for ways for "Dreamers" to stay in the U.S.

Last week, Biden's administration extended Temporary Protected Status to allow people from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan to remain in the U.S. legally for another 18 months.

New Jersey is home to over 16,000 active DACA recipients, according to state officials.