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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
Paxton Victorious Against Biden Administration: Court Tosses DHS Rule Letting Dangerous Criminal Aliens Off the Hook
Last Friday, Texas Attorney General Paxton — in partnership with Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry — brought home yet another victory against the Biden Administration in federal court.
AG Paxton Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Florida’s Ban on Sanctuary Cities
Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined an amicus brief before the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in support of Florida’s law banning sanctuary cities.
Paxton Asks Court to Immediately Halt Implementation of Biden’s New Open-Borders ‘Asylum’ Rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion for preliminary injunction today to stop the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s new Rule unlawfully altering asylum and parole procedures at the border.
AG Paxton Investigates Texas Bar Foundation for Facilitating Mass Influx of Illegal Aliens
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into the Texas Bar Foundation for its possibly aiding and abetting the mass influx of illegal aliens.