In spite of mounting backlash from Latino advocacy groups, NBC is not backing down from its decision to allow 2016 presidential Republican Donald Trump to host "Saturday Night Live" on Nov. 7.

Trump -- who infamously called Mexican immigrants drug traffickers and rapists and advocated to deport all undocumented immigrants -- is scheduled to host the NBC late night comedy show, however, Latino groups and officials have been protesting his hosting gig ever since it was first announced on Oct. 13.

Earlier this month, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda blasted "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels and NBCUniversal Chief Executive Stephen Burke.

"We are appalled that you would enable Trump's hateful speech for nothing [more] than a ratings ploy," wrote the group in a letter, adding that his appearance would "validate" Trump's anti-immigration views.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., also sent a letter to Burke and Brian Roberts, who runs NBCUniversal parent company Comcast, urging the network to disinvite the billionaire real estate mogul. According to Gutierrez, having the candidate host the show implied "a level of endorsement that says to America that every hateful and racist thing Donald Trump has said is acceptable and no big deal," reads his letter.

Plus, on Tuesday, a new CBS/NYT poll revealed that 72 percent of Hispanics view Trump unfavorably. Still, that has not deterred "SNL" from revoking the reality star's invitation to guest host the show.

"Racism and hate speech is not funny," said Axel Caballero, executive producer of National Association of Latino Independent Producers, according to CBS News. "How is it possible that a man can go out and really disrespect and really put dangerous words out there and NBC is giving a platform for it?"

Matthew Belloni of The Hollywood Reporter also pointed out that although other presidential candidates have made cameos on "SNL," Trump will have the privilege of hosting the entire 90-minute broadcast.

"It's exceedingly common right now for candidates to appear on the show, but hosting is an altogether different matter," said Belloni. "It's a big boost for a candidate to have that kind of platform." He went on to say that NBC see's Trump's ability to pull high ratings as "a gold mine."

Meanwhile, NPR's Eric Deggans also slammed NBC in a column, pointing out that there are currently no Latino cast members in current SNL season, while just two Latinos have been casted on the show since it was created 40 years ago.

"If SNL had a better track record of hiring Latino staffers, then perhaps there would be less controversy over Trump's hosting stint. Or perhaps it would have thought harder about whether it made sense to bring him on the show at all," wrote Deggans.

"Because it's hard to imagine Michaels forcing star Kate McKinnon, who is gay, to perform alongside a guest host with a history of making bigoted statements about gay people. Or pushing black cast members like Kenan Thompson to yuk it up alongside a celebrity guest who had expressed bigotry about African-Americans," he added.