Five people accused of supporting the antifa movement pleaded guilty to terrorism -related charges on Wednesday in a Texas courtroom, following a July shooting that wounded a police officer outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) detention center. The case marks the first of its kind since President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating antifa as a domestic terrorist threat in September.

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The defendants in Texas were charged with providing support to terrorists in the gunfire at ICE's Prairieland Detention Center. Constitutional law experts have questioned whether Trump has the power to designate any decentralized movement of activists and organizations as a terrorist threat.

Former senior Justice Department official Mary McCord told Newsweek th

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