State Judge Blocks Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Attempts to Investigate NGO Accused of Facilitating Illegal Immigration

A state judge on Monday blocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to investigate a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in El Paso that the state agency has accused of facilitating illegal immigration. District Court Judge Francisco Dominguez said in his ruling that Mr. Paxton “acted without regard to due process and fair play” in his attempt to shut down Annunciation House, which provides housing and other services for illegal immigrants. “The Attorney General’s efforts to run roughshod over Annunciation House, without regard to due process or fair play, call into question the true motivation for the Attorney General’s attempt to prevent Annunciation House from providing the humanitarian and social services that it provides,” Judge Dominguez wrote in Monday’s order, obtained by KDBC-TV. “There is a real and credible concern that the attempt to prevent Annunciation House from conducting business in Texas was predetermined.”...