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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandro Serrano

Judge rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down Houston immigrant rights group

Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston, speaks during a press conference to announce the Drive-Thru Eviction Aid Fair on Jan. 14, 2021, outside of the George Thomas “Mickey” Leland Federal Building in Houston.
Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston, speaks during a 2021 press conference about an eviction aid fair outside of the George Thomas “Mickey” Leland Federal Building in Houston. (Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune)

A Houston judge on Friday denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to shut down an immigrants' rights organization that his office accused of violating nonprofit rules by making political statements criticizing prominent Republicans and Texas policy.

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