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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

February 20, 2024

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*Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues to End NGO's Operations In Texas After Discovering Potential Efforts to Facilitate Illegal Immigration*

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AUSTIN ? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Annunciation House, a nongovernmental organization (?NGO?), to revoke their registration to operate in Texas. The Office of the Attorney General (?OAG?) reviewed significant public record information strongly suggesting Annunciation House is engaged in legal violations such as facilitating illegal entry to the United States, alien harboring, human smuggling, and operating a stash house.

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OAG demanded access to certain specified records to evaluate these potential legal violations. But Annunciation House refused to produce a single document and, in response, sued the OAG to enjoin the Attorney General?s enforcement ability to obtain their documents. OAG has complete and unlimited authority to examine business records to ensure that entities operating within the State are doing so lawfully. And the consequence of a flagrant failure to comply with such a request is that OAG may terminate the business?s right to operate in Texas. The OAG lawsuit seeks to revoke Annunciation House?s authorization to do business in Texas and asks the court to appoint a receiver to liquidate their assets.

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?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,? said Attorney General Paxton. ?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.?

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To read the filing, click here.? [ [link removed] ]

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