Democrats in the House of Representatives are hoping for the U.S. Senate's help to deny the GOP's recent efforts to defund President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions.
President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions are expected to provide new regulations and policies affecting immigrant visas and provisional waivers.
President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions included deportation deferment for approximately 4.9 million undocumented immigrants, but have also ordered for increased border security.
President Barack Obama's job approval rating continued to decline, based on new polling data conducted after the midterm elections, and his handling on immigration has been viewed with unpopular opinion.
While the overall U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged for November at 5.8 percent, the Latino unemployment rate, however, did drop across the nation during the same period.