Republican lawmaker sees House immigration bill failing: Fox News

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Republican Representative Mark Meadows said on Monday he expects an immigration bill to be offered in the House of Representatives on Tuesday will fail, but that he expects that to be followed by legislation aimed at keeping immigrant families together at the Mexican border.

Asked on Fox News about the prospects of an immigration bill passing or failing in the House on Tuesday, Meadows told Fox News: "I would think fail right now."

"Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers has given some thoughtful insight in terms of how we keep those families together, some of those things that a lot of us want to do, so I think if it doesn't pass on Tuesday night you'll see a follow-up piece of legislation within days," he said.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Writing by Eric Walsh; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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