The easing of the fiscal standoff has raised hopes Congress may now consider other matters, including a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented people. Groups demanding an end to unprecedented deportations under President Obama have ramped up their call for comprehensive immigration reform recently with a series of direct actions from Washington, D.C., to Arizona. In an interview with Univision’s Los Angeles affiliate this week, President Obama vowed to push for reform the day after the fiscal crisis was resolved.

President Obama: “Once that’s done, the day after, I’m going to be pushing to say, 'Call a vote on immigration reform.' If I have to join with other advocates and continue to speak out on that and keep pushing, I’m going to do so, because I think it’s really important for the country, and now is the time to do it.”