President Barack Obama is looking forward to resolving the government shutdown so that the nation can move forward on immigration reform, which he believes is a top priority in the immediate future.

"Once that's done, you know, the day after, I'm going to be pushing to say, call a vote on immigration reform," he told the television network Univision.

Despite the shutdown, immigration activists as well as politicians such as Nancy Pelosi have taken part in demonstrations to bring about awareness and to pressure the United States to change its immigration laws.

President Obama is putting the blame on John Boehner for such a delay in the progress for reform.

"We had a very strong Democratic and Republican vote in the Senate," Obama said, as reported by Reuters. "The only thing right now that's holding it back is, again, Speaker Boehner not willing to call the bill on the floor of the House of Representatives."

While Obama is pushing for the rights of immigrants in the U.S., a completely different picture is shaping up across the Atlantic Ocean. Last week the United Kingdom introduced a very conservative immigration law, making it much easier for immigration officials to deport undocumented people. Under the new law, even landlords are required to complete a background check of their tenants to make sure that they are occupying the spaces legally.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to decrease the number of immigrants entering Britain this year. His apparent goal is to reduce the numbers from 176,000 people to under 100,000.