The judge questioned Paxton’s true motives to investigate the shelter, saying there is “a real and credible concern” the state has a predetermined goal of shutting down Annunciation House.
The Trump-appointed judge has previously ruled against the Biden administration in other immigration-related lawsuits brought by Texas. This time, he said, Texas has no standing to sue.
Flight records indicate one of the governors at a Texas press event may have flown there on a private jet owned by a major border contractor, whose CEO is also an Abbott donor.
'It just slaps the federal immigration law in the face,' Judge David A. Ezra said during the first day of a trial over the legality of Texas' new law allowing state and local cops to arrest migrants.
Gov. Greg Abbott's program has sent 100,000 migrants from border communities to Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles.
Parents without a Social Security number still cannot complete the new FAFSA online. The U.S. Education Department has not said when it plans to fix the issue.
Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star and seizure of Shelby Park are little more than political theater, according to experts — albeit with real-world consequences.
'This is hateful, dangerous, sick rhetoric from a sitting governor ... in the United States of America,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, said.
An investigation found that Texas officials initially provided information on the trips to advocacy groups but quietly ended those communications last fall.