After mounting pressure from DREAMers and activist organizations to get Democratic leaders to take a stand on the record number of deportations by the Obama administration, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is set to vote on a resolution Thursday to ask the president to slow deportations and increase his use of prosecutorial discretion, sources told BuzzFeed.

Salvador Sarmiento, national campaign coordinator for legislative affairs at the National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON), told BuzzFeed he was briefed on a draft of the resolution by a congressional staffer who had read it. He characterized the resolution as aiming to slow deportations and increase use of prosecutorial discretion.

"This is not a statement that's going to move the process forward," Sarmiento said. He described the language as both mild in tone and in terms of what is being asked of the president.

The draft was circulated by Rep. Luis Gutierrez at last week's CHC meeting. A congressional staffer with knowledge of the CHC said there will be a meeting of the CHC Immigration Task Force Wednesday where the resolution will be discussed. The discussion draft resolution would then be voted on Thursday after consideration by the task force.

The planned resolution by the CHC comes after a slew of movement on the deportation front in the last week. Senators Menendez, Harkin, and Schumer came out in support of executive action by the president to do whatever he can to slow "needless" deportations. Janet Murguia, the head of the National Council of La Raza, ended the group's silence that has led to criticism from other Latino advocacy groups, calling Obama the "deporter in chief" Tuesday.

At a town hall meeting Wednesday focused on encouraging Latinos to enroll in health care, Obama was asked about the deportation question and his standing in the community repeatedly. "I am the champion in chief of comprehensive immigration reform," Obama shot back. "But until Congress passes new laws, I am constrained in what I'm able to do."

Sarmiento said the coming CHC statement, which reportedly ends with a list of people that would benefit from expanded prosecutorial discretion, restates what Democratic leaders said last week. "If this is the Hispanic caucus, they need to be leaders not followers on this issue," he said.

Erika Andiola, a high-profile DREAMer and national immigration activist, said she heard about the coming resolution and is not impressed.

"I heard they were going to comment, but it's a low-hanging fruit kind of thing," she said.

"We're asking the president to expand deferred action for as many people as the law says is possible," she added. "We want Democratic leaders and the CHC to come out asking the president to do more. The majority of immigrants in this country are Latino. Why not try to protect the people you're trying to legalize?"