Immigrant advocacy groups say they're going to be confronting House Republicans in their districts and even in public -- like last year, when a group of undocumented teenagers approached Speaker John Boehner at a DC diner.

House Speaker John Boehner said Republican distrust of the Obama administration's willingness to enforce any new border-security bill passed into law would make a push for immigration reform this year an uphill battle.

OF House Republicans who oppose movement on immigration reform this year, Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) has been especially vocal, saying if the House Speaker introduces bills on this issue before elections, "it should cost him his speakership."

The president of the AFL-CIO dismissed a House Republican plan for immigration reform as “fool’s gold” last week, while the SEIU offered unenthusiastic support.

Ryan, who has advocated for immigration reform with legal status for the undocumented, said in interview on Sunday that he had doubts over whether such a reform would be passed.

House Republican leaders are signaling their commitment to passing some version of immigration reform this year. But a handful of swing votes could decide it.

House Republican leaders are expected to unveil a one-page “statement of principles” on immigration reform which will back legal status for undocumented immigrants, but not a “special path to citizenship."

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) suggested House Republicans might present eight bills dealing with various aspects of immigration reform over the course of 2014.