(NewsNation) — Sheriff’s departments throughout Texas could be forced to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement if Gov. Greg Abbott signs a bill into law that was recently approved by the state legislature.

The bill mandates that departments in 238 of the state’s 254 counties enter into at least one form of a 287(g) agreement or a similar federal program, which gives deputies the authority to carry out immigration enforcement duties once they are trained.

Seventy-three Texas counties have existing agreements with ICE. However, the proposed law would require full participation, and the Texas Attorney General could sue non-compliant departments.

Trump recently wrote on Truth Social that he is monitoring the bill, adding, “It is important to Texas, and to our country.”

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