President Obama has long been a supporter of immigration reform. (Twitter/@azcentral)

Obama is convinced that Republicans are taking too long to decide on immigration reform, and set a deadline for the end of summer for options that he can implement with the executive orders.

“America cannot wait forever for them to act. That’s why today I’m beginning a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, without Congress,” said Obama at a press conference.

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House Speaker John Boehner told Obama last week that the Republican-led House will not vote on immigration reform this year.

“I take executive action only when we have a serious problem, a serious issue, and Congress chooses to do nothing. And in this situation, the failure of House Republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security, it's bad for our economy and it's bad for our future,” added Obama.

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