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Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appeals Deci­sion Allow­ing Biden and May­orkas to Con­tin­ue Destroy­ing Texas Bor­der Barriers

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has appealed a decision by a federal judge allowing President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to continue to destroy the State’s border barriers.

November 30, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Noti­fies Sec­re­tary May­orkas of Texas Law Grant­i­ng Increased Author­i­ty to Bor­der Patrol

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent a letter to United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, informing him of a new Texas law that grants Border Patrol agents additional authority under specific circumstances.

November 10, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Wins Cru­cial Emer­gency Order Against Biden Administration’s Con­tin­ued Destruc­tion of Texas’s Bor­der Barrier

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured an emergency restraining order after federal agents were documented destroying barrier fencing to facilitate aliens’ entry near the Texas-Mexico border.

October 30, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Files Motion for Tem­po­rary Restrain­ing Order After Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Esca­lates Bor­der Bar­ri­er Destruction

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on an emergency basis after federal agents escalated their destruction of Texas’s barrier at the State’s border with Mexico.

October 27, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Destruc­tion of Texas Bor­der Barrier

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden Administration’s Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and several other agencies and officials over the federal government’s practice of cutting and destroying Texas’s concertina wire that was strategically positioned for the purpose of securing the state’s border with Mexico and stemming the flow of illegal migration.

October 24, 2023 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to Mem­bers of Con­gress Shar­ing Analy­sis of Colony Ridge Issue

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to members of the Texas delegation in the United States Congress detailing the Office of the Attorney General’s findings and analysis regarding the Colony Ridge development in Liberty County, Texas.

October 19, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Their Ille­gal Use of a Mobile Phone App to Bring Count­less Ille­gal Aliens into the Country

Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration to challenge a rule that encourages illegal immigrants to use a mobile application to schedule their unlawful crossing into the United States. 

May 23, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Chal­lenges the Biden Administration’s New Unlaw­ful Bor­der Pol­i­cy to Pro­tect Pub­lic Safety

Attorney General Paxton has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to request that the courts stop Joe Biden from enacting an unlawful policy that releases illegal immigrants into communities across America as record numbers of aliens surge to the United States-Mexico border.

May 12, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Issues State­ment on Cat­a­stroph­ic Ille­gal Immi­gra­tion Surge Orches­trat­ed by Biden Admin­is­tra­tion as Title 42 is Set to Expire

The Biden Administration’s effort to maximize illegal immigration to the United States will crush Texas with the costs, crime, and upheaval from yet another surge of unvetted foreign aliens entering our country as Title 42 expires on May 11.

May 10, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Slams New Biden Rule that Exac­er­bates Cri­sis at the South­ern Border

Attorney General Paxton is fighting back against the Biden Administration’s lawless open-borders agenda by opposing a new federal rule that would embolden more illegal aliens to enter the country.  

April 14, 2023 | Press Release