House Democratic leaders are working to secure the votes for a $4.5 billion package that would provide resources for agencies to handle the flow of migrants at the southern border.

A vote has yet to be scheduled as leaders lock down enough support to pass the legislation and finish incorporating further changes into the legislative text, but aides and lawmakers said they still expected a vote Tuesday evening.

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By midafternoon, progressive and Hispanic lawmakers who expressed reservations about supporting the legislation appeared inclined to hold their noses and vote for the measure following changes to accommodate their concerns about the conditions at migrant detention facilities.

And there appeared to be a breakthrough with progressives who had been withholding their support.

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Jayapal described the change as the "last piece that we have been negotiating for."

Jayapal said she expected that "most" members of the Progressive Caucus would support the bill with the provision's inclusion. Even so, like other progressives, Jayapal said it's still not an easy vote.

"I have tremendous apprehensions about doing so. I am not doing so with a free heart," Jayapal told reporters. "I am doing so because I am willing in the name of these children to see if we can do something to improve those conditions at the border."

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By late afternoon, the House Appropriations Committee unveiled two more changes that included the one sought by Jayapal as well as $2 million for a program providing assistance to migrants in removal proceedings.

The additional wrangling for progressives support came after Pelosi held an hours-long meeting in her office Monday night with progressive and Hispanic lawmakers.

Without much, if any, expected support from Republicans, Democrats are trying to secure enough votes on their own. But it's proving to be a difficult task for Democratic leaders trying to accommodate progressives who want to stop the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Earlier Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee unveiled a set of changes to the $4.5 billion package, including requiring Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish health standards for children and adults in custody.

The changes would require the Department of Homeland Security to submit a plan to ensure that all migrants have access to translation services.

"So at some level, you gotta put water in the well," he said. "But it's not going to change behavior. So it's a desperate bill for a desperate situation."

Progressive Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) also said he intends to vote for the package, if only to ensure that there are enough resources for migrants.

"I'm voting yes because of the humanitarian relief, period," said Grijalva, who represents a district along the southern border.

Lawmakers are trying to move the legislation as swiftly as possible to ensure that the Office of Refugee Resettlement doesn't run out of funding in the coming weeks.

But it's unlikely that a bipartisan, bicameral deal can be reached this week before lawmakers leave for the July Fourth holiday recess.

The Senate is on track to consider its own $4.5 billion package to provide resources for agencies at the border — the key difference being that it is bipartisan.

House Democrats are pushing ahead with their own version because they don't think the Senate bill goes far enough to establish standards for migrants held in detention.

Liberals who are livid over the documented conditions of overcrowding and poor hygiene at migrant detention facilities are demanding more stringent restrictions in an effort to bolster their negotiations with the Senate.

House Republicans are largely expected to side with the White House, which has threatened a veto of House Democrats' bill due to a lack of funding for more Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention beds and restrictions on the migrant facilities.



Among other provisions, the Senate bill includes funding for overtime and back pay for ICE officers, while the House version does not.



The House measure also would require the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress within 24 hours if an unaccompanied migrant child dies while in the government's custody.

And while the Senate bill would require lawmakers to give two days' advance notice to visit facilities holding unaccompanied migrant children, the House bill would let lawmakers come without a heads-up to conduct oversight.