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With 24 states almost half the U.S. now suing Barack Obamas federal government over its executive action on immigration reform, Eva Longoriasays she backs the president's move, designed to spare millions living illegally from deportation.

Speaking at the Dubai International Film Festival, the actress who is from the state of Texas, which is leading the coalition against Obama's measures said that it was "imperative" that the immigration reforms took place.

"Immigration reform is a global problem. Every country has issues with immigrant labor and industries being dependent on them," she said. "But we have had a 'do nothing' Congress, and I fully support the presidents immigration reform. People have to understand the history of immigration in the United States."

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Longoria has long talked about the issues of immigration. In November, at the New York premiere of the documentary Food Chains, which looks at the lives of tomato farm workers in Florida and on which Longoria was executive producer, she told Fox News Latino that something needed to be done.

"I do think that some action needs to be taken, and if Congress isnt willing to do it, we need to explore all options," she said.

Speaking to Latina Magazine in August, she said she was disappointed that the debate was often being led by those who didn't understand the situation.

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"I just wish people would view this with a lens of compassion, and at the same time, educate themselves on ignorant statements like, 'These people come here to suck dry our social services.' Thats not true."

Longorias first Spanish-speaking role, the Michael Berry-directed Frontera, was set on the Arizona-Mexico border and tackled issues of immigration. Released earlier in the year, it also starred Ed Harris and Michael Pena.

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Senator Ted Cruz talks with reporters after the Senate voted on the budget. Photograph: Lauren Victoria Burke/AP

The $1.1tn US budget finally cleared Congress on Saturday night after hours of last-minute legislative bargaining that secured a number of unexpected wins for Democrats but failed to stop a controversial plan to help Wall Street banks.

The so-called cromnibus a 1,600-page omnibus spending bill that funds most of government until next September passed in the Senate by 56 to 40 votes. It also postpones a battle over Barack Obamas immigration reform until March with a separate three-month continuing resolution to fund the Department for Homeland Security.

But a last-ditch effort by conservative senator Ted Cruz to take more immediate action on immigration served to delay the final vote and created a surprise window for Democrats to rush through a series of previously-stalled personnel confirmations.

Cruz scuppered the original plan agreed with his partys leadership to hold the cromnibus vote on Friday night by insisting there be an opportunity to vote on whether the presidents executive action on immigration was unconstitutional.

This failed, voted down by 22 votes to 74, but the resulting delay allowed outgoing Senate majority leader Harry Reid to use the unexpected Saturday session to hold a 10-hour voting marathon and confirm 24 nominations for vacant judicial posts and government jobs.

In his final few hours in charge of the Senate, a visibly-delighted Reid also filed procedural motions on a number of even more controversial Obama nominations, including Dr Vivek Murthy, who the Republicans have long opposed as surgeon general due to his views in favour of gun control. These are now likely to be voted through in short final session on Monday.

Cruzs token protest against immigration reform irritated a number of moderate Republicans, such as Senator Lindsey Graham who said he had given Democrats an unnecessary victory on the nominations.

Nevertheless, the protest by rightwing Republicans against the elements of the cromnibus they oppose was more visible than similar concern among Democrats about other clauses, such as the support for Wall Street.

In stark contrast to Democrats in the House of Representatives, who nearly derailed the budget entirely on Thursday by voting unanimously against proceeding to a budget vote and had to be cajoled by the White House into passing it eventually, Senate Democrats were in more muted mood.

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