Immigration and Customs Enforcement reversed guidance earlier this week to pause operations at certain worksites.

President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would resume “worksite enforcement” operations to ensure employees at farms and hotels are legally residing in the United States.

People with criminal backgrounds will be a priority for immigration enforcement officials, the border czar said.

Andrew Mahaleris, a senior aide to Governor Greg Abbott, said efforts to secure the border have enabled the state to make adjustments.

Texas lawmakers quietly stopped funding the state construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico just four years after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) signed off on the project. In the final hours of this year’s legislative session,