Texas anti-ICE protest verdict tests anti-terror laws and protest rights

Nine Texas anti-ICE protesters were convicted on most charges in a case prosecutors framed as an antifa terror cell, testing the reach of anti-terrorism statutes and First Amendment rights; several defendants were acquitted on attempted murder and firearms counts, while Song was acquitted on two attempted murder counts but convicted on one and on firearms charges; the defense argued peaceful protest and self-defense, while prosecutors portrayed a coordinated ambush at a Prairieland detention center, a case that sparked debate over labeling protesters as terrorists and the scope of anti-terror laws.