Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Har­ris Coun­ty for Unlaw­ful­ly Direct­ing Over $1.3 Mil­lion in Tax­pay­er Mon­ey to Defend Ille­gal Aliens from Deportation

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Harris County Commissioners Court for unlawfully allocating more than $1.3 million in public money to radical leftist organizations that will use the money to oppose the lawful deportations of illegal aliens.

"We must stop the left-wing radicals who are robbing Texans to prevent illegals from being deported by the Trump Administration," said Attorney General Paxton. "Beyond just being blatantly unconstitutional, this is evil and wicked. Millions upon millions of illegals invaded America during the last administration, and they must be sent back to where they came from."

In a recent 4-1 vote, the Harris County Commissioners Court allocated $1,344,751 in taxpayer funds for distribution to several nongovernmental organizations dedicated to fighting the deportation of illegal aliens. The funds went to radical open-border activist groups such as the Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project, Justice for All Immigrants, Kids in Need of Defense ("KIND"), Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, and BakerRipley.

These expenditures serve no public purpose and instead constitute unconstitutional grants of public funds to private entities to subsidize the legal defense of illegal aliens who ought to be deported. The Texas Constitution prohibits governmental entities like Harris County from misusing public funds by giving gifts or conferring private benefits to individuals and groups that do not serve a legitimate public end.

To read the filing, click here.