It started with a press release in late October: the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton office announced the arrest of 35 illegal immigrants.

The write-up touted Paxton's work with the Trump Administration but released few details, other than that the arrests took place "across the state in multiple metropolitan areas." According to the release, the detainees "were then processed for removal by ICE in accordance with federal immigration law."

CBS News Texas submitted an open records request for the names, ages and locations of the people arrested, along with the criminal charges filed. Basic details like those are typically considered public information in Texas, when the people arrested are adults.

The attorney general's office gave notice Tuesday that it is fighting that requ

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