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Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner said President Barack Obama could get "burned" if he uses executive action to help undocumented immigrants.

There are a good number of immigration activists who feel burned that he hasn't done it already.

While they were pleased to hear Obama renew his vow Wednesday that despite Republicans' takeover of the Senate he still intends to use his executive authority to help fix the nation's broken immigration system, the message from immigrants' rights groups to the White House remains the same: They'll believe it when they see it.

Advocates of immigration reform want the president to provide deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants since Congress has so far failed to pass a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws. It is hard to believe that a new Republican Senate and emboldened Republican majority in the House are likely to pass a bill that would pass muster with immigration activists.

That leaves Obama and his promised executive action as immigration activists' only hope. They hope he'll keep his word.

After promising on June 30 to announce the so-called executive actions he would take by summer's end, the White House delayed the move until after the mid-term election. Activists say they are tired of waiting and are planning a series of rallies, marches, conferences and other events to urge the president not to allow politics to delay action.

"Details matter and promises have been made before," said Cristina Jimenez, managing director for immigrants' rights group United We Dream. "Our campaign to protect our communities will continue until the policy is changed in a way that includes our parents, families and neighbors."

At risk is not just the president's standing with the Latino community. Activists say this is an issue for all Democrats -- including potential 2016 candidates -- who some believe have taken Latino voters for granted. In a November poll by Latino Decisions, two-thirds of Latino voters said immigration was either the most important or one of the most important issues driving their vote this year and 60 percent of Latino registered voters who were not planning to vote said the delay in executive action made them less enthusiastic about the president and the Democratic Party. An October survey by Pew Research found that 55 percent of Latino registered voters disapproved of the way the Obama administration has handled the issue of deportations.

"The president's legacy is at stake," said Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center.

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I believe that if the president continues to act on his own, he is going to poison the well, Boehner, R-Ohio, said during a news conference at the Capitol today. When you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself, and hes going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path.

In early September, Obama said he would delay executive action on immigration reform until after the election. One action he could take is to extend his 2012 executive action called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, which kept children of undocumented immigrants from being deported if they were under age 30 and brought here before 2007.

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 6, 2014.Cliff Owen/AP Photo

The American people made it clear Election Day: They want to get things done, and they dont want the president acting on a unilateral basis, Boehner added.

Although Boehner reiterated he believes its time to reform the countrys immigration laws, he would not commit to a House vote next year, even if the president agreed to delay executive action during the lame duck session of Congress.

It is time for the Congress of the United States to deal with a very difficult issue in our society, Boehner said. This immigration issue has become a political football over the last 10 years or more. Its just time to deal with it.

Boehners conference will grow by at least 13 seats, pushing the GOPs majority to its largest since 1929, but he rejected the notion that it might inspire some of his more conservative colleagues to overplay their hand.

My jobs not to get along with the president just to get along with him, Boehner said. The fact is, my job is listening to my members and listening to the American people and make their priorities our priorities.

The House is set to reconvene Nov. 12 to begin the 15-day lame duck session of Congress.

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Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner said President Barack Obama could get "burned" if he uses executive action to help undocumented immigrants.

There are a good number of immigration activists who feel burned that he hasn't done it already.

While they were pleased to hear Obama renew his vow Wednesday that despite Republicans' takeover of the Senate he still intends to use his executive authority to help fix the nation's broken immigration system, the message from immigrants' rights groups to the White House remains the same: They'll believe it when they see it.

Advocates of immigration reform want the president to provide deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants since Congress has so far failed to pass a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws. It is hard to believe that a new Republican Senate and emboldened Republican majority in the House are likely to pass a bill that would pass muster with immigration activists.

That leaves Obama and his promised executive action as immigration activists' only hope. They hope he'll keep his word.

After promising on June 30 to announce the so-called executive actions he would take by summer's end, the White House delayed the move until after the mid-term election. Activists say they are tired of waiting and are planning a series of rallies, marches, conferences and other events to urge the president not to allow politics to delay action.

"Details matter and promises have been made before," said Cristina Jimenez, managing director for immigrants' rights group United We Dream. "Our campaign to protect our communities will continue until the policy is changed in a way that includes our parents, families and neighbors."

At risk is not just the president's standing with the Latino community. Activists say this is an issue for all Democrats -- including potential 2016 candidates -- who some believe have taken Latino voters for granted. In a November poll by Latino Decisions, two-thirds of Latino voters said immigration was either the most important or one of the most important issues driving their vote this year and 60 percent of Latino registered voters who were not planning to vote said the delay in executive action made them less enthusiastic about the president and the Democratic Party. An October survey by Pew Research found that 55 percent of Latino registered voters disapproved of the way the Obama administration has handled the issue of deportations.

"The president's legacy is at stake," said Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center.

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