United States President Barack Obama is reportedly putting off his decision on immigration changes till after the November election, even after he had promised to take action by the end of summer.

During the past weeks, both liberals and conservatives expected the president to use his executive power to circumvent the Congress and put a stop to the deportation of illegal immigrants in the States.

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The president announced on June 30 that he ordered his cabinet member to submit reports containing possible legal actions that he could take to mend the system.

"I expect their recommendations before the end of summer and I intend to adopt those recommendations without further delay," Obama had said.

However, people are beginning to question whether the president will indeed give his decision before fall, since cabinet officials have yet to submit their proposed advice.

One immigration activist who met with the president expressed his fear that they "might be losing the argument."

Meanwhile, several Democratic aides who were encouraging Obama to issue an executive order say the White House may be "getting cold feet."

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest told the media that there's a chance that the president is going to stick to the original timeline, or will postpone the announcement till after the summer.

The original plan was to give the decision at the end of summer.

However, as the midterm elections draw near, the plan to take an executive action to temporarily postpone the deportation of millions of immigrants, seems less and less likely to happen.

Because of uncertain consequences of changing immigration laws, the administration has put off the announcement regarding the president's decision on the matter.

Political analysts are blaming the upcoming elections on the delay of the president's decision.

The re-election bid of several senatorial candidates, whose candidacy will be jeopardized if the immigration issue is immediately resolved, reportedly asked the white house to move the decision till around mid-November.

Even with the delay in the president's decision, Earnest affirmed that Obama will still push through in making unilateral changes to the country's immigration system.

"That has not, and will not, change," the White House press secretary said.

TagsBarack Obama, US President, immigration, U.S. immigration policy, midterm elections