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

The governor met with the president in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon and called this a "very productive day."

Gov. Greg Abbott met privately Wednesday with President Donald Trump at the White House on the twin topics of immigration and border security, further cementing the alliance of the two Republican leaders on two of the most divisive issues on the political landscape.