GOP members now say that President Obama’s executive actions on immigration are not about immigration – but it was all about the Constitution.

They stated that after the 2012 presidential elections it was important to win over Latino voters and thus immigration reform was singled out as a main opportunity. But as the 2016 election season inched in closer the GOP members are now instead taking to the floors of the House and Senate to rally around against policies that give work permits to unauthorized and undocumented immigrants, who came to the United States as children, or are the parents of citizens of the United States or are legal permanent residents.

What is looming large over the immigration horizon in the United States is the funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which will automatically shut down on February 27 if a bill is not approved by the Congress. There is a deadlock that is currently going on over Obama’s executive actions over immigration reform – most of the Republicans are standing firm against voting for anything that will allow the President’s policies to continue. They say that they need to stop the executive actions from going through, as they regard them as highly unconstitutional.

But as for the Latino voters are concerned their belief in the Republicans is not very sound. This is because the Latinos believe that the Republicans are doing everything in their power to oppose the executive actions but are unable to propose an alternative plan. This could largely go against the Republicans in the long run.