As the group approached the same size as non-Hispanic whites, the Republican-led Texas...
. Instead, they reconfigured one congressional seat in which Hispanic voters made up a majority of the citizen voting age population. They also decreased the number of majority-Hispanic seats in the state House from 33 to 30.
Texas’ Hispanic population will continue growing over the next several decades, albeit at a slower rate than current trends, said Lloyd Potter, the state demographer and director of the Texas Demographic Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Researchers project that Latinos will make up nearly half of Texas’ entire population by 2060.
Creating more opportunities for Hispanic representation in government would help facilitate policy decisions that directly benefit those communities, said state Sen. José Menéndez, a San Antonio Democrat who chairs the Senate Hispanic Caucus. Representatives who understand and relate to their constituents can lead more informed discussions about how to help them — from public schools to job opportunities to health care, he said.
The suits allege the state's redrawing process was discriminatory and diluted the voting power of people of color.
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