Texas is suing Harris County officials for allocating more than $1.3 million in public money to legally defend illegal immigrants from deportation, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Harris County District Court, claims that state law prohibits local governments from spending taxpayer funds on civil actions, such as federal deportation proceedings.
“We must stop the left-wing radicals who are robbing Texans to prevent illegals from being deported by the Trump Administration,” Paxton said in a statement. “Beyond just being blatantly unconstitutional, this is evil and wicked.”
In the complaint, the state argues that immigrants who are subject to removal “have no constitutional or statutory right to government-appointed counsel” and must obtain legal counsel at no expense to the government, according to state law….