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

Gov. Greg Abbott is scheduled to meet privately Wednesday with President Donald Trump at the White House and the discussion will center on immigration and border security.

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