TEXAS – The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston), alongside Texas State Rep. Ron Reynolds and a broad coalition of community partners, held a joint press conference on Friday to respond to Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent proclamation targeting CAIR.

Gov. Abbott’s Nov. 18 proclamation declared the Texas chapter of CAIR — a long-running American civil rights group — a “foreign terrorist organization.”

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The proclamation also threatened civil penalties if the group continued its work in the state.

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The two Islamic civil rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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