Justices on the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments involving the fate of Annunciation House, an El Paso Catholic charity that Attorney...
AUSTIN — An attorney with the Texas attorney general’s office told the Texas Supreme Court on Monday that the agency’s efforts to close down a Catholic charity that helps migrants were not an attempt to limit religious liberty in the state.The charity, which helps migrants who crossed into the United States regardless of their legal status, has defended its work by saying it is following Catholic teachings that emphasize helping those in need.
Paxton ordered Annunciation House to turn over several years of records, giving the charity one day to comply. Annunciation House filed a lawsuit to block the information request, and Paxton countersued, asking the district judge to shut down the charity. In filings to the Texas Supreme Court, the attorney general’s office said Annunciation House had admitted to breaking the state law against harboring aliens.Attorneys for Annunciation House argued the state was misinterpreting “harboring” and, in court documents, pointed to a 2017 opinion by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said harboring must include actively concealing undocumented immigrants from police.
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