Texas Attorney General ‘Very Confident’ Courts Will Side With States in Fight Over Obama Immigration Policy

As lawmakers in Congress struggle to find agreement in their fight to undo President Obama’s immigration policy, a state attorney general today voiced confidence in the courtroom battle over the executive actions. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called the Obama administration “disingenuous” and “devious” for appealing a federal judge’s order halting the president’s executive actions on immigration. Speaking at The Heritage Foundation today, Paxton made his case for why President Obama’s immigration policies would cause “severe harm” to his state—including, he says, hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for education, health care and public safety. More...