{"id":47128,"date":"2025-11-12T23:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/47128\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T23:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:35:08","slug":"texas-sues-harris-county-over-1-3m-for-anti-deportation-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/47128\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Sues Harris County Over $1.3M For Anti-Deportation Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-harris-county-unlawfully-directing-over-13-million-taxpayer-money\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:filed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">filed<\/a> a lawsuit against Harris County for allocating $1.3 million in taxpayer funds to organizations that oppose deportations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-harris-county-unlawfully-directing-over-13-million-taxpayer-money\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:target;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">target<\/a>s the county\u2019s recent decision to distribute money to immigration advocacy groups. The legal challenge comes as President Trump prepares to implement stricter immigration enforcement policies. Paxton argues the funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Petition_2.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:violates;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">violates<\/a> Texas constitutional provisions against using public money for private purposes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe must stop the left-wing radicals who are robbing Texans to prevent illegals from being deported by the Trump Administration,\u201d Paxton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Petition_2.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cBeyond just being blatantly unconstitutional, this is evil and wicked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Harris County Commissioners Court approved the $1,344,751 allocation in a 4-1 vote. The funds will be allocated to five organizations that focus on providing legal services to immigrants facing deportation proceedings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Recipients include the Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project, Justice for All Immigrants, and Kids in Need of Defense. The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, as well as BakerRipley, also received funding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Paxton\u2019s lawsuit contends these expenditures serve no legitimate public purpose. The attorney general describes the recipient organizations as \u201cradical open-border activist groups\u201d in the filing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMillions upon millions of illegals invaded America during the last administration, and they must be sent back to where they came from,\u201d Paxton added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Texas Constitution prohibits government entities from making gifts of public funds to private individuals or groups. Paxton argues the county\u2019s allocation constitutes an unconstitutional subsidy for legal defense services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harris County officials have not yet responded to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Harris County for allocating $1.3 million in taxpayer funds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[405,1967,7678,27288,27,4479,29,28],"class_list":["post-47128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-harris-county","tag-ken-paxton","tag-president-trump","tag-taxpayer-funds","tag-texas","tag-texas-attorney-general","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}