Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken legal action against the NGO Annunciation House with a lawsuit aimed at terminating their operations within the state, as announced in an official news release. Paxton, accusing the charity of engaging in activities that may include aiding illegal immigration and human smuggling, is seeking to strip their authorization to operate in Texas. The announcement came on the heels of an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) which unearthed "significant public record information" pointing toward the NGO's involvement in activities contrary to U.S. immigration laws.

The OAG has put Annunciation House in the crosshairs after the non-profit denied the state's demand to review their business records. The OAG, which holds definitive authority to inspect such documents, has emphasized the gravity of non-compliance, hinting at the NGO's potential implication in illegal activities. A statement made by the Attor­ney Gen­er­al reflects a pressing concern over the participated chaos as a result of a porous southern border.

"The chaos at the southern border has created an environment where NGOs, funded with taxpayer money from the Biden Administration, facilitate astonishing horrors including human smuggling," Attorney General Paxton said. His comments, sourced from an official news release, reflect an accusatory tone toward the federal government for allegedly perpetuating the mayhem that according to him is unraveling the country.

Annunciation House has not been passive amid these allegations and steep legal intimidations by the Attorney General. In a countermove, they have filed a lawsuit to limit the enforcement powers of the OAG, thus, resisting the demands for access to their private records. The current infraction by the OAG seeks to compensate for this defiance by aiming at shutting down the nonprofit's operations through court intervention. With a call for a receiver to liquidate the NGO's assets, Paxton's lawsuit is seen as a hammer coming down on those accused of exacerbating illegal immigration issues.