Jeff Brumley, Baptist News, July 29, 2024
“Texas Legal professional Basic Ken Paxton’s investigation of faith-based migrant shelters suffered one other blow when a state choose exempted a Catholic Charities director from having to offer a deposition. Paxton sought to query Sister Norma Pimentel, govt director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, in his probe into the group’s shelter operations accommodating about 1,000 migrants per week. District Decide J.R. “Bobby” Flores denied the state’s petition in a July 24 order. “We hope that we are able to put this behind us and focus our efforts on defending and upholding the sanctity and dignity of all human lives whereas following the legislation,” said Pimentel, named one of TIME journal’s 100 Most Influential Folks in 2020 for her work with migrants. The ruling was the second setback in lower than a month for Paxton and his claims shelter ministries are nothing greater than unlawful migrant smuggling operations. On July 1, District Decide Francisco Dominguez denied the state’s try to shut Annunciation Home, a Catholic shelter in El Paso Paxton accused of being an “unlawful stash home” for migrants sneaking into the nation. Dominguez dominated Paxton’s demand for Annunciation paperwork a violation of the U.S. Structure’s prohibition towards unreasonable search and seizure. He additionally admonished using intimidation ways towards the ministry.”
