Texas Officials Defend Anti-Terror Measures Amid Controversy
TL;DR
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues that Governor Abbott’s designation of CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization does not apply to its local Texas chapters, claiming the proclamation targets only the national group and that the local chapters cannot sue due to lack of legal action and sovereign immunity.
- “Terrorist” designation doesn’t apply to local CAIR chapters, Paxton argues in defending Abbott order The Texas Tribune
- GOP governor lays out plan to ‘purge’ terrorists and terror supporters from state Fox News
- Paxton fires back at CAIR lawsuit over Texas terrorist designation Click2Houston
- AG Paxton refutes Islamic groups' lawsuit against Texas in federal court FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
- Gov. Abbott’s Anti-Muslim Tactics Mirror Racist Governors of the 1960s. He, Too, Must Fail Dallas Observer
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