Texas passed a law that stops Iran, China, CAIR, and the Muslim Brotherhood from owning property in Texas.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
Texas SB 17 (2025) bars individuals and entities tied to China and Iran from buying most Texas real estate, and it lets the governor add groups to the prohibited list. Abbott used that power in November 2025 to designate CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood, which prohibits them from acquiring Texas land.
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… enforcer, the chief defender of our laws, and I will aggressively enforce laws like the one that I passed, which stops enemy entities and enemy countries like Iran, like China, like Kerr, like Muslim Brotherhood, from owning any of our property in Texas. We changed the law last session to stop those enemy entities like that from owning one square inch of our great state. They're not allowed to buy anything out from underneath us, and it is the Attorney General that enforces that law, and I will aggressively enforce it to put our citizens first, to put Texas first. …
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Supports. SB 17 took effect September 1, 2025 and prohibits people, companies and government-linked entities connected to China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from acquiring most Texas real estate.[2][6][7]
Supports. Governor Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations on November 18, 2025, and the designation prohibits them from purchasing or acquiring land in Texas.[1][3][5]
Context. The statute lets the governor add countries or organizations to the prohibited list, which is the mechanism used to reach CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood rather than naming them in the law itself.[5][7]
Context. CAIR chapters sued in federal court challenging the designation, so its legal effect is contested and not yet settled.[1][4][8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Muslim civil rights group sues Texas governor over 'terrorist' labelapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Attorney General Ken Paxton Proposes Stronger Rules to ...texasattorneygeneral.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3designated CAIR a terrorist organization - Office of the Texas Governorgov.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Red State Governors Are Designating Civil Rights Groups as Terroristslaw.stanford.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Texas governor strips two Muslim groups of the right to buy land in ...reason.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 6Starting Sept. 1, new Texas law will ban certain foreign ...houstonpublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Texas Legislature Interim Hearings Underway. Property Taxes and ...tlta.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 8Case 1:25-cv-01878 Document 1 Filed 11/20/25 Page 1 of 17cair.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: context
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