- This week, Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton sued Catholic nonprofit organization Annunciation House of “alien harboring, human smuggling, and operating a stash house”
- Republican Paxton said that the legal action was intended to revoke the license of Annunciation House
- He filed the lawsuit in the El Paso County District Court
AUSTIN, Texas: This week, Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton sued Catholic nonprofit organization Annunciation House of “alien harboring, human smuggling, and operating a stash house.”
In a written statement, Republican Paxton said that the legal action was intended to revoke the license of Annunciation House, which provides housing and assistance to migrants, to operate in Texas as a non-governmental organization (NGO).
He filed the lawsuit in the El Paso County District Court.
“The chaos at the southern border has created an environment where NGOs, funded with taxpayer money from the Biden Administration, facilitate astonishing horrors including human smuggling,” Paxton said.
“While the federal government perpetuates the lawlessness destroying this country, my office works day in and day out to hold these organizations responsible for worsening illegal immigration,” he added.
In response, Annunciation House said that Paxton’s lawsuit was an excuse to shut it down.
In a statement, the group said, “The attorney general’s illegal, immoral and anti-faith position to shut down Annunciation House is unfounded.”
Dylan Corbett, executive director of NGO Hope Border Institute, said that he supported Annunciation House.
“The actions of the Texas Attorney General are intended to intimidate and criminalize humanitarian aid workers and are an affront to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the commandment to love one’s neighbor,” Corbett wrote on X.
