The Latest: Congressman predicts immigration bill will fail

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite). In this June 21, 2018, photo, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. House Republicans say they will make another run at immigration legislation in the coming ... (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite). In this June 21, 2018, photo, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. House Republicans say they will make another run at immigration legislation in the coming ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on immigration legislation (all times local):

8 a.m.

Rep. Mark Meadows, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, says the House will likely reject the latest compromise immigration bill and that leadership will present separation legislation that would address family separations at the border.

Meadows says on Fox News Monday that even as GOP leadership planned a Tuesday evening vote, lawmakers were still negotiating over the phone this weekend on the details. One hang-up among Republicans, he said, was whether young immigrants known as "Dreamers" would be allowed to bring their parents to the U.S.

When asked if the bill will pass or fail, Meadows said "I would think fail right now."

Meadows said if that happens as he expects, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who chairs the Republican Conference, would present "follow-up piece of legislation within days." He says Rodgers "has some real thoughtful insight in terms of how we keep those families together," which is something "that a lot of us want to do."

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12:20 a.m.

GOP leaders' election-year struggle to shove an immigration bill through the House this week are being hampered by President Donald Trump and fears of conservative voters, leaving prospects dubious.

Party leaders are trying to finally secure the votes they need for their wide-ranging bill with tweaks they hope will goose support from the GOP's dueling conservative and moderate wings. But more importantly, wavering Republicans want Trump to provide political cover for immigration legislation that's despised by hard-right voters.

His recent statements on their immigration bill - supporting it one day and later recommending they drop it - and his history of abruptly flip-flopping on past health care and spending measures have not been reassuring.

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