Attorney General Ken Paxton has targeted similar organizations that aid migrants at the border. The lawsuit appears to be the first to focus on political speech and rules that govern nonprofits.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Texas GOP convention in May. His office has targeted a Houston immigrant rights group, asking a judge to shut it down over political speech.’s latest lawsuit against an immigrants’ rights organization claims the Houston group violated federal rules that govern nonprofits’ political involvement by criticizing former President Donald Trump, Republican Gov.
“It comes to us as a surprise that suddenly we are being targeted by the Attorney General of Texas in an attempt to take away what has been a beacon of hope for thousands of Houstonians for the last 17 years,” FIEL Executive Director Cesar Espinosa said in a statement Friday. “From disaster relief to higher education to letting people know about their rights, FIEL has been there in the search for equity and fairness for all Texans.
The state asked Judge Ravi K. Sandill to issue a temporary injunction stopping FIEL’s current operations. After the court considers the merits of the suit, the state asked for a revocation and termination of FIEL’s corporate registration and certificate of formation, dissolution of its existence and a permanent injunction stopping the group from doing business again in Texas .
In more detailed filings, FIEL’s lawyers argued that Paxton is not entitled to what he seeks and suggested that Paxton was retaliating against FIEL because it is a plaintiff in two federal lawsuits challenging the state’s election laws. One of the suits names Paxton as a defendant.
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