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Pax­ton Inves­ti­gates Texas Bar Foun­da­tion Fund Recip­i­ents for Aid­ing and Abet­ting the Inva­sion of Ille­gal Aliens

Attorney General Paxton is launching an investigation of Texas Bar Foundation fund recipients to determine whether funds contributed to it are being used to support the border invasion.

December 14, 2022 | Press Release

Paxton’s Team Appear­ing Before SCO­TUS to Stop Biden Admin From Releas­ing Vio­lent Ille­gal Aliens into Communities

Lawyers from Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office are representing Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court today concerning a case where Paxton sued to stop the Biden Administration from illegally refusing to enforce immigration laws.  

November 29, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Fights to Stop the Biden Admin­is­tra­tion from Let­ting Crim­i­nal Ille­gal Aliens into Com­mu­ni­ties Across the Country

Attorney General Paxton filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court to prevent the Biden Administration from letting thousands of deportable criminal aliens walk freely in communities across America.  

October 20, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Joins Ami­cus Brief to Pro­tect Rule of Law and Pun­ish Those Who Encour­age Ille­gal Immi­gra­tion and Oth­er Seri­ous Crimes

Attorney General Paxton has joined an Arizona-led cert-stage amicus brief petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a recent decision by the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that threatens public safety across the country.  

October 10, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Efforts to Keep in Place Effec­tive Bor­der-Secu­ri­ty Measures

Attorney General Paxton joined a multistate brief in the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to stop the Biden Administration’s efforts from creating more chaos at the southern border.

September 14, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Brief with U.S. Supreme Court to Pro­tect Tax­pay­ers from the Sky­rock­et­ing Costs of Ille­gal Immigration

Attorney General Paxton is leading a 14-state coalition that has filed a cert-stage brief in the U.S. Supreme Court after the Biden Administration took unprecedented action to quietly abolish a federal immigration rule designed to protect American taxpayers.

September 13, 2022 | Press Release

Break­ing: Supreme Court Hands Texas Anoth­er Win, Biden Anoth­er Loss on Bor­der Security

Today the U.S. Supreme Court handed Texas another victory in denying the Biden Administration’s request to stay a lower court’s vacatur of an unlawful Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo.

July 22, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Urges Supreme Court to Oppose Biden Admin’s Efforts to Re-Imple­ment Pol­i­cy Releas­ing Crim­i­nal Ille­gals Back into the Unit­ed States 

Attorney General Paxton filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing the Department of Justice’s request to stay a district court order vacating the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) September 2021 Immigration Prioritization Memorandum.

July 18, 2022 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Dis­ap­point­ed with SCO­TUS Deci­sion to Let Biden Admin Aban­don Remain-in-Mex­i­co Program

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s narrow decision to reverse lower-court wins against the Biden Administration on the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the Remain-in-Mexico Program, Attorney General Paxton made the following statement: 

June 30, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Demands Con­struc­tion of Bor­der Wall in Lare­do Sector

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) yesterday urging it to press forward with its original plan to build a border wall in Webb and Zapata Counties.

June 14, 2022 | Press Release