Greg Abbott orders state agencies to cooperate with Trump’s deportation efforts

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In a series of executive orders Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and directed the state’s criminal justice agency to identify land and facilities that could be used for detaining and deporting undocumented migrants. The move comes just days after federal agents launched immigration operations on Sunday inTexas cities including Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio.