Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a vote on a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan, escalating a standoff that has stalled the legislative session.

The Republican-dominated House quickly issued civil arrest warrants for absent Democrats and Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to help find and arrest them.

The maps achieve a five-seat swing largely by shaving slivers of Republican strongholds from ruby red districts and placing them inside three urban districts.