Prominent Hispanic Trump Supporters Revoke Endorsements After Immigration Speech

— -- In the wake of Donald Trump’s hardline immigration speech Wednesday night, even some of his most fervent Hispanic supporters are turning their backs on the Republican nominee.

Helen Aguirre Ferré, Director of Hispanic Communications for the Republican National Committee (RNC) confirmed that one member of the Hispanic Advisory Council for Trump, Jacob Monty, has resigned. She added that another, Pastor Ramiro Peña of Texas, said that he had to "pray on it."

Peña, according to an email obtained by Politico, expressed his displeasure. "I am so sorry but I believe Mr. Trump lost the election tonight," said Peña, who leads Waco's Christ the King Church. "The 'National Hispanic Advisory Council' seems to be simply for optics and I do not have the time or energy for a scam."

Peña did not return a request for comment by ABC News.

Monty attended the Hispanic roundtable hosted by the RNC and campaign last Saturday. At the time, he told ABC News that he was convinced Trump would amend his position on undocumented immigrants. But despite the flurry of waffling from Trump on whether his position on deportation would soften, after his speech on Wednesday, it became clear that his stance remained unchanged.

"Anyone who has entered the United States illegally is subject to deportation," Trump said during his remarks Wednesday in Phoenix. "That is what it means to have laws and have a country.”

"We were hoping for some glimmer of the Donald Trump that we met with a week and a half ago but it never came," Monty said during an interview on MSNBC.

He said in another interview with CNN that the real turning point for disavowing Trump came when he called for deportation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and "punted” on the issue of what do with the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country.

"When I saw that, I had to resign because I'm not going to be a prop for his image like the president of Mexico was yesterday," Monty told CNN.

Aguirre Ferré admitted that many on the council called members of the RNC with concerns and questions. "Here was lots of conversation about 'Was the speech too limited?' and 'How do we want to approach this?'"

But she said that, despite the resignations, the council is actually expanding. "It’s an ongoing process. We do have a list of people who want to join the board."

ABC News' Alana Abramson contributed reporting.