For years, Americans have complained about watch lists that subject people to extra scrutiny and harassment—sometimes making air travel impossible—without due process. FBI agents were caught adding people to the no-fly list to pressure them into becoming informants. Just two months ago, the Trump administration accused its predecessor of placing political opponents on TSA watchlists to harass and punish them for opposition to the Biden administration. But now Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, an ally of President Donal Trump, has added two organizations to his state's list of terrorist organizations—an action taken without any safeguards and which deprives the organizations of the right to buy land in the state.
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