The Republican governor on Wednesday ordered Texas agencies to help with arrests, share intelligence and help find new detainment facilities.

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.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, continuing a three-day series of border security-related actions, issued five executive orders Wednesday directing state agencies to assist President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations.

Thalia Gutierrez paced the expansive brick courtyard outside the J.J. Pickle Federal Building in downtown Austin early Wednesday afternoon, her head bowed and her eyes watery. About two hours prior, Gutierrez’s mother,

President Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants is continuing with ICE carrying out more raids in major cities across the country. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

Texas cities, counties, higher education institutions and nonprofits clambered Tuesday to gauge the potential fallout from the suspension, later blocked temporarily by a federal judge.

Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax described the issue as "critical" because of the possible impact to basic services.

The White House budget office has ordered a sweeping pause on all federal grants, loans and financial assistance not directly provided to individuals.