The Trump administration this week threatened local officials with prosecution if they interfere with its planned immigration crackdown.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has directed prosecutors to investigate officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the day he took office.

As the Trump administration ramped up its immigration crackdown, officials said 538 undocumented immigrants were arrested on Thursday and two U.S. military planes flew deported migrants to Guatemala.

Texas Republicans in Congress are supporting Governor Greg Abbott's plea for the state to be paid back billions of dollars for its efforts to prevent illegal immigration. U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw,

Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Houston proposed a bill to reimburse states like Texas that have tried to secure the border on their own. Congressman Jake Ellzey of Waxahachie is a co-sponsor.