Rep. Raul Ruiz wrote a letter Friday to House Speaker John Boehner urging him to initiate a House Vote for Senate approved immigration reform that would provide a way for millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States to get legal status.

The Senate passed an immigration bill with bipartisan support last year that has since been stalled by Congress. Boehner and conservative Republicans in Congress have criticized the bill, referring to it as a form of amnesty.

The four-paragraph letter urged bipartisanship in the face of recent protests that have once again brought, to the forefront, the long-standing national debate.

In the letter, Ruiz wrote, "In the midst of our current humanitarian immigration crisis, you have a historic opportunity to help fix our broken immigration system by allowing a vote for comprehensive immigration reform."

"Passing comprehensive immigration reform is our solution and we need it now more than ever. I urge you to do what is right, end the partisan bickering, and allow the House of Representatives to vote on comprehensive immigration reform that would fix our broken immigration system. Our nation is demanding action, and Congress is failing to answer the call."

It has been reported that more than 50,000 undocumented immigrants have crossed the border illegally through the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Majority of them are women and children from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

Groups of women and children are being sent to U.S .Customs and Border Protection stations in Southern California for deportation purposes instead of placing them in the overflowing detention facilities in Rio Grande. This will be done every three days for an indefinite amount of time.

Meanwhile, President Obama has asked Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funds for agencies responding to the flood of immigrants illegally crossing the borders through Texas.

State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg and other lawmakers, including Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez of Coachella will travel to El Salvador and Guatemala to meet with the countries' leaders to talk about immigration reform.