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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration for Refusing to Verify the Citizenship Status of Potentially Ineligible Voters on Texas Voter Rolls

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HNewsWire October 22, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden-Harris Administration for Refusing to Verify the Citizenship Status of Potentially Ineligible Voters on Texas Voter Rolls AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other members of the Biden-Harris Administration for refusing to comply with federal law requiring them to assist States in verifying the citizenship status of potentially ineligible people registered to vote. On October 7, Attorney General Paxton sent a letter demanding that the federal government fulfill its legal obligations by verifying the citizenship status of people who may be illegally registered to vote in Texas by October 19. Attached was a list of approximately 450,000 voters whose citizenship status has never been checked because they registered without a State of Texas-issued driver’s license […]

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Warns Bexar and Harris Counties Against Unlawful Attempts to Send Voter Registration Applications to Unverified Recipients

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By SRH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Warns Bexar and Harris Counties Against Unlawful Attempts to Send Voter Registration Applications to Unverified Recipients AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the Bexar and Harris counties commissioners courts warning that their proposed plans to mail voter registration forms to individuals regardless of the eligibility of the recipients would violate the law. On September 3, 2024, the Bexar County Commissioners Court will consider using taxpayer funds to pay a third-party vendor to print and distribute voter registration forms to unregistered individuals residing in the county. A similar plan has been under consideration by the Harris County Commissioners Court. The distribution of forms to unverified recipients could induce ineligible people—such as felons and noncitizens—to commit a crime by

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Watchman: Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden Administration, Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule from Taking Effect

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HNewsWire: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden Administration, Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule from Taking Effect AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a temporary restraining order from a federal judge that prevents an unlawful rule promulgated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) from taking effect while the case is litigated. On May 1, Attorney General Paxton led a coalition suing the ATF to prevent a new regulatory restriction that unlawfully attempted to abridge Americans’ constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms. The Final Rule was arbitrary and capricious and flagrantly violated the Second Amendment. Despite Congress having recognized the legality of private firearms sales by non-dealers, the Biden Administration issued a new regulation that would subject hundreds

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Watchman: TX Attorney General Responds After Texas Supreme Court Blocks Guaranteed Income Program; Now, Voter Buying Is Preferred by Elitists

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By SRH, The Texas Supreme Court issued an emergency stay, instructing Democrat-controlled Harris County not to implement a guaranteed income program and stopping the county from making payments until the court takes further action. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit earlier this month requesting an urgent order to prevent Uplift Harris, the guaranteed income program, from sending payments to citizens, claiming that it violates both the US and Texas constitutions. On Tuesday, the state supreme court granted his request, one day ahead of the scheduled payments. The Texas Supreme Court stated in its temporary ruling that, without considering the merits, the court grants an administrative stay, prohibiting real parties in interest and their agents from making payments under the Uplift Harris program pending further order of this Court. “Without regard to the merits, the order prohibits the county

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Watchman: The Southern Border Wall That Biden et al. Hates

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov Attorney General Ken Paxton Prevails Over Biden’s Unlawful Attempt to Redirect Money Away from Border Wall Construction AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a preliminary injunction against an attempt by the Biden Administration to illegally redirect statutorily obligated funds away from the construction of a border wall. Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, Congress dedicated roughly $1.4 billion to the construction of walls and barriers along the southern border in order to reduce the number of illegal aliens entering the country. Immediately upon taking office, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order demanding construction stop and directing the Department of Homeland Security to devise a way to redirect the funds. Texas sued to stop this scheme and to require the Biden Administration to follow the law

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