Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Harris County, which includes Houston, alleging the county unlawfully used taxpayer funds to support undocumented immigrants facing deportation.

The lawsuit, filed on November 11, 2025, targets the county’s Immigrant Legal Services Fund (ILSF) , which received more than $1.3 million in new funding in November. The Attorney General’s office claims the funds are being used to provide legal defense for individuals who are not legally in the country, which they argue constitutes an unlawful use of public money.

The legal challenge is based on the Texas Constitution’s “gift clause,” which prohibits counties from “grant[ing] public money or a thing of value in aid of, or to any individual.” The lawsuit asserts that the ILSF viola

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