Executive action may be the only recourse for the nation to move forward on immigration reform, and White House chief of staff Denis McDonough pledged that President Barack Obama would indeed seek that option before the holidays, Politico reported.

While the news isn't entirely new, it has been a comfort to Congressional Hispanic Caucus, who are also focused on any moves to ease deportations of undocumented immigrants.

The rise and fall of reform on the list of priorities for Congress over the past year has been infuriating for most advocates.

"As I told the chief, I said I for one need constant reassurance, I don't want to go down this path come November and then for some other reason, find that the immigrant community and the Latino community get thrown in the heap again," Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., told Politico.

While details of Obama's executive action were not released, those familiar told Politico it would be significant and that the President was going to go as far as he could within the extent of the law.

One known angle is the expansion of a 2012 law that deals with deportations of young undocumented immigrants.

"The president understands the depth of the broken immigration system that we have and he's bound and determined to make sure that we fix it because it's impacting our economy, it's impacting our job growth and it's a humanitarian issue that's impacting families across the country. So we're going to fix it and we'll do it before the end of the year," McDonough said.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., told Politico the Congressional Hispanic Caucus would be meeting next week to formalize a reply on the lack of action to delay deportations by the White House.

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., told Politico, "Why are we stalling? For us, these are not political issues, these are substantive issues that move the country forward."

Gutierrez echoed the sentiment by saying the Caucus would be focused on moving forward proactively rather than waiting on a Republican proposal.