Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) offered the Trump administration access to 4,000 vacant prison beds across Texas for the federal government’s detention of illegal immigrants in custody. Abbott’s pitch during a White House appearance Wednesday and again on cable news that night comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have had to release 461 illegal immigrants

Texas National Guard soldiers now have the authority to make immigration arrests and help detain and deport undocumented people under an agreement between the state and the Trump administration that requires those duties be done under the supervision and direction of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official.