Overview
- The executive order, effective immediately, instructs Florida agencies to block contracts, funding and employment for the groups and for anyone providing them material support.
- CAIR called the move unconstitutional and defamatory and announced a legal challenge, with its Florida chapter pledging to sue the state.
- Neither CAIR nor the Muslim Brotherhood appears on the U.S. government's list of foreign terrorist organizations, a power held at the federal level.
- Florida’s action follows Texas’ similar designation last month, which CAIR is contesting in federal court.
- DeSantis cited alleged ties to Hamas that CAIR denies, and he said state lawmakers are crafting legislation to further restrict the groups’ activities.