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Texas’ Fifteenth Court of Appeals opened the door for Attorney General Ken Paxton to try to snuff out a Houston-based immigrants’ rights group, based on allegations that it violated state tax law by criticizing President Donald Trump and opposing certain immigration legislation.

The Oct. 9 opinion from the appeals court , which Paxton publicized on Wednesday, reversed a previous trial court’s order that effectively denied the state’s efforts to revoke FIEL Houston’s nonprofit charter. Last year, the organization disputed claims laid out in the attorney general's original 105-page lawsuit. Harris County Judge Ravi Sandill, on Aug. 23, 2024, rejected the attorney general's motion to shutter FIEL after hearing arguments, prompting the state to appeal the j

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