Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues El Paso Nonprofit for Alleged ‘Efforts to Facilitate Illegal Immigration’

The attorney general filed the lawsuit after the Catholic organization ’refused' to release documentation about the clients it serves.
Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues El Paso Nonprofit for Alleged ‘Efforts to Facilitate Illegal Immigration’
Illegal immigrants wait next to razor wire after crossing the Rio Grande into El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 1, 2024. John Moore/Getty Images
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit to shut down operations of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in El Paso that provides housing and other services for illegal immigrants.

Earlier this month, the Consumer Protection Division of the attorney general’s office opened an investigation into the Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso, after reviewing public records that indicated possible legal violations, including “facilitating illegal entry to the United States, alien harboring, human smuggling, and operating a stash house,” according to the lawsuit.
Jana J. Pruet
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