Texas Supreme Court Halts Harris County’s Illegal Alien Defense Funding

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Texas Scorecard by Travis Morgan June 26, 2026

Democrat commissioners had approved $1.3 million for Harris County’s Immigrant Legal Services Program.

Harris County’s legal defense funding program for illegal aliens has been halted by the Texas Supreme Court. The program sends over $1 million in taxpayer money to left-wing legal organizations.

The funding is only blocked temporarily, while Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal challenge to the program proceeds on the merits.

Background

Last year, Democrat commissioners in Harris County pushed through $1.3 million in new funding for the county’s taxpayer-funded Immigrant Legal Services Program—a county initiative launched in 2020 to support illegal aliens in deportation proceedings.

With Republican Commissioner Tom Ramsey dissenting, the 4–1 vote allocated $1,344,751 to five organizations: BakerRipley, the Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project, Justice for All Immigrants, KIND Inc., and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.

In November 2025, Paxton filed a lawsuit against Harris County over the new funding.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-supreme-court-halts-harris-countys-illegal-alien-defense-funding/

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