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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he has filed a lawsuit against the Harris County Commissioners Court, alleging the county unlawfully allocated more than $1.3 million in public funds to organizations that provide legal aid to migrants facing deportation.

Paxton sues Harris County Commissioners Court

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Paxton's office argues the Commissioners Court, which approved the funding in a recent 4-1 vote, misused taxpayer money by providing "unconstitutional grants of public funds to private entities to subsidize the legal defense of illegal aliens who ought to be deported."

The lawsuit contends that the expenditures serve no legitimate public purpose and violate the Texas Constitution's prohibition against government entiti

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