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House GOP leaders will go ahead with a vote Wednesday on their immigration compromise bill, making a last-ditch effort to push through the measure even as key lawmakers express their pessimism .

Leading negotiators took the weekend to make changes to the bill in order to get 218 Republican votes. But even the revised measure should be insufficient.

"I would think [it would] fail now, "House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsDOJ delivers documents from Russia to Congress According to MP GOP, evidence may have been tampered with in the Flynn case The House postpones the vote on the compromise bill of immigration (NC), one of the key negotiators on the compromise bill, said Monday at Fox News.

The GOP now seems to have a plan B, however.

Meadows predicted that a more restrictive measure aimed solely at preventing immigrant families from being separated at the border between the United States and Mexico should be passed this week if the blanket bill were rejected.

"I think if it does not happen … you will see a follow-up law in a few days," he said.

GOP government members admitted that they would probably need to pass a smaller bill to resolve family separations before they leave for the July 4 break – even with a executive order on the part of President TrumpDonald John TrumpJimmy Fallon replies to Trump: I'm going to donate to pro-immigrant nonprofit on his behalf South Carolina Candidate GOP should recover completely after a car accident Official: US to present North Korea with a schedule, "specific request" PLUS end the practice. Many congressional offices have received a barrage of phone calls and messages from voters deeply concerned about the problem.

"Why would we go back without trying to fix it?" Pete SessionsPeter Anderson SessionsCook's Policy Report Is Cheated: Reps Sessions and Culberson Districts Are Not "Toss-Ups" Report Hill's Morning – Sponsored by PhRMA – Outcry Raises Pressure on GOP to Settle Up Immigration Policy Cook Moves GOP President's Race to "Throw Up" (R-Texas), chairman of the House Rules Committee, told The Hill.

Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanDOJ delivers polling materials on Russia to Congress Laura Ingraham: George Will is "sad and petty" for pushing votes against GOP Seth Rogen: I told Paul Ryan that I hate his policies in front of his children (R-Wis.) Promised votes on two immigration bills this month as part of an agreement to prevent moderates from using a discharge petition to force a debate on immigration in the House. This agreement included a vote on the draft compromise, as well as a stricter action by the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives Bob GoodlatteRobert (Bob) William Goodlatte Judicial Committee subpoenas FBI agent who sent texts anti-Trump Trump twitt can condemn House GOP effort on immigration House still plans the vote of immigration next week despite the tweet of Trump PLUS (R-Va.) That the House rejected last week in a vote of 193-231.

But the compromise legislation – the product of weeks of negotiations between conservative and moderate GOP – has struggled to attract enough support from Republicans.

Trump complicates GOP House's efforts last week when he tweeted that Republicans should stop "wasting their time" on the effort, saying the bill has no chance of getting past the Senate. The tweet closed a week of confusion surrounding Trump's position on the measure of compromise, which he personally rallied Republicans to support, at one point telling them that he was behind them "1,000 for hundred".

Senior negotiators worked hard during the weekend to reorganize the measure, holding several hour-long conference calls in hopes of making adjustments to the bill to gain more support.

Negotiators are still working to add wording that would add a guest farm worker program and require employers to use an electronic verification system to ensure workers are legal – major priorities of moderates and curators, respectively.

representative David ValadaoDavid Goncalves ValadaoThe Cook's 12:30 Collapse Policy Report Changes 5 Races After California and NJ Primaries There's No Blue Wave in California MORE (R-Calif.) Stated that he stayed in Washington during the weekend to work on the changes to the extent. But if it fails, Valadao says he is ready to support an autonomous measure that only deals with family separations.

"If that's a reasonable proposition, yes, absolutely," Valadao told The Hill. "Ultimately, we need to find a way to make sure we keep families as much as possible, as fast as possible."

The compromise bill would provide a path to citizenship for so-called dreamers; allocate $ 25 billion to the Trump border wall and other security measures; terminate the diversity visa lottery program; and limit family migration.

This would also prevent children from being separated from their parents at the border, an issue that has exploded in recent weeks due to the controversial policy controversy of the Trump administration's immigration.

But a handful of immigration radicals say that they can not support the compromise bill as long as it provides citizenship for the dreamers, which many right-wing groups have denounced as " amnesty".

And while the Conservatives have pushed to include E-Verify, they say the biggest legislative hurdle is a provision in the compromise bill that would allow Dreamers to ask for green cards for their parents once they become citizens.

"It's in the current bill, and it's the biggest hang-up," Meadows said.

Some Republicans are eager to pass the compromise immigration effort and resolve the crisis at the border.

Trump tried to defuse the political crisis last week by signing a decree to end family separations, but it is largely seen as a temporary solution because a decades-old court ruling says children can not be detained more than 20 days.

Lawmakers and the White House say that legislation is needed to solve the problem permanently. This is why the leaders of the House GOP are working on an emergency plan to prevent family separations at the border.

Several Senate Republicans are also working on stand-alone bills.

Meadows said Rep. Cathy McMorris RodgersCathy McMorris RodgersThe Hill & # 39; s Morning Report – Sponsored by PhRMA – The Drama of Immigration Seizes Washington 12:30 Report on the Hill Will rifles be a mid-term problem? You can bet on these neighborhoods (R-Wash.), Who chairs the GOP conference and faces a difficult reelection, is one of the key lawmakers who is contributing to the development of a solution. But a bill will probably not be introduced until the House has completed the examination of the measure of immigration.

"We are watching this," said Rep. Doug CollinsDouglas (Doug) Allen CollinsTime put politics aside to go forward in criminal justice reform Do not kick the prison reform – the time is to change Rep. Chabot puts dismissal at the center of his legal action (R-Ga.), Vice President of the Republican Conference, referring to an autonomous solution. He acknowledged that the law on the separation of families could be passed before the end of the week if the compromise bill fails.

Other members of Ryan's management team said that a restricted bill could be passed, no matter what would happen to the measure of compromise.

"Something like that could see a vote whether or not the second bill passes," said Rep. Luke MesserAllen (Luke) Lucas MesserGOP Governors Sign Letter Supporting Nobel Peace Prize For Trump These Three Democrats Are Not Sure Sure In November The Hill & # 39; s Morning Report – Sponsored By FICO – Rude Tour Of Paul Ryan MORE (R-Ind.), Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.

Scott Wong contributed.