ATTOR­NEY GEN­ER­AL KEN PAX­TON SUES TO END NGO'S OPER­A­TIONS IN TEXAS AFTER DIS­COV­ER­ING POTEN­TIAL EFFORTS TO FACIL­I­TATE ILLE­GAL IMMIGRATION

AUSTIN, Feb. 20 -- The Texas Attorney General issued the following press release:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Annunciation House, a nongovernmental organization ("NGO"), to revoke their registration to operate in Texas. The Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") reviewed significant public record information strongly suggesting Annunciation House is engaged in legal violations such as facilitating illegal entry to the United States, alien harboring, human smuggling, and operating a stash house.

OAG demanded access to certain specified records to evaluate these potential legal violations. But Annunciation House refused to produce a single document and, in response, sued the OAG to enjoin the Attorney General's enforcement ab...