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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.
However the state’s lawsuit against FIEL appears to be the first to target a group far from the border and the first to target what is essentially political speech. Texas alleged in court filings that FIEL “openly flouts” rules that say nonprofits can’t participate in political campaigns or engage in “carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempt to influence legislation.”
”The state embraces the First Amendment’s value that Americans generally should have their voices heard on all types of political matters and campaign vigorously in support of one candidate or another,” the filing states. “But it has long been the law that entities cannot enjoy status while doing so.”
The lawyers said that it’s just the most recent instance of Paxton misusing a state statute to try shutting down an organization that aids migrants — as he tried in El Paso, where he filed a lawsuit aimed at shutting down a decades-old a migrant shelter network.
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