The maps drawn by Texas Republicans would create five new Republican-leaning seats before next year's midterm elections.

The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday threatened to remove from office Democrat lawmakers who don’t show up when the House convenes Monday afternoon. House Democrats Sunday left the state for Illinois in order to prevent the GOP-controlled Legislature from passing a controversial bill that would redraw the state’s congressional boundaries.