Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging that American Civil Liberties Union lawyers representing Jane Doe, an unlawfully-present minor alien in federal custody in Texas, misled the government in the case.

“I strongly support the Department of Justice asking the Supreme Court today to vacate the lower court’s ruling. It seems very clear to me that ACLU lawyers misled the Department of Justice in order to carry out this heinous act against an innocent unborn life. I hope the Court will hold the responsible ACLU lawyers accountable for their conduct.”