A Texas judge has blocked the state’s attempts to compel a deposition from a representative of a charity that aids illegal immigrants who cross the Texas-Mexico border.
On July 24, District Judge J.R. Flores ruled in favor of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV), which pushed back against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to gather information under oath.
The attorney general’s office is investigating several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the state to determine if they broke the law by how they assisted illegal immigrants crossing into Texas.
NGOs have traditionally offered humanitarian aid to illegal immigrants, but Mr. Abbott and other Republicans have questioned whether some organizations have crossed the line into “unlawfully orchestrating” border crossings….