Last week, President Barack Obama announced the administration's decision to restrain deportations of up to 4.5 million undocumented immigrants in the country and make them eligible for work permits, USA Today reports.

The administration's immigration decision follows the president's recent discussion with the leaders of Mexico and Ireland regarding a resolution for the large number of undocumented immigrants currently residing in the U.S.

Following Obama's announcement, USA Today reports that the White House released a letter from Ireland leader Enda Kenny, praising Obama's new immigration policy and naming the benefits the policy provides for current U.S. immigrants.

"We have spoken about the tremendous human cost for our undocumented community arising from the inability to travel back to Ireland. I have shared with you some of the heartbreaking stories -- parents dying without seeing their children, funerals unattended, family milestones missed," Kenny's letter reads. "I know that, for those covered by your executive action, there will be some capacity to travel home, and we understand that full details are to be worked out over the coming weeks."

Obama has also talked to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto about their continued need to work together to address problems in Central America, where many unaccompanied children have traveled from into the United States.

While Democrats and immigration groups applaud the new immigration policy, Republicans and business owners have opposed said policy, CBS reports.

According to CBS, Obama's recently announced immigration action left out two of business owners' top priority requests.

The first agenda that Obama allegedly dismissed was the business owners' request that the administration allot green cards to foreign workers.

The second agenda that Obama partially addressed was business owners' request to increase the length of time foreign students can stay in the U.S before or after their graduation.

Obama has yet to officially grant the business owners' request for extended time for foreign students; however, he did address the plea and made note that the administration will expand the program "at some point in the future," CBS reports.

"We didn't ask for the moon to begin with. There's just not an opportunity for the administration to deliver the moon for us - that's a congressional action," said Scott Corley, the executive director of Compete America. "But we asked for some terrestrial things, things within reach, and we didn't see the detail we hoped for."

So far, CBS reports that the White House has yet to respond to the business owners' backlash.

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