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Texas just lost a major convention because of the racist 'show me your papers' law

Immigrant and civil rights advocates warned Texas Republicans to expect not just legal repercussions to the state’s racist “show me your papers” legislation, but economic blowback as well. Earlier today, a 15,000-strong legal organization became the first group to pull its convention from the state: The American Immigration Lawyers Association was scheduled to hold its 3-day event in Grapevine next year, but said the bill’s “dangerous, destructive and counter productive proposals” go against the group’s mission.

 

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