SAAJCO joined a coalition of civil-rights and voting-rights organizations including Asian Texans for Justice, OCA-Greater Houston, Emgage Texas, CAIR Action Texas, and Fair Maps Texas Action Committee to challenge discriminatory congressional maps enacted by the Texas Legislature in 2025. These maps were argued to dilute the political power of voters of color, including Asian American, Black, and Latino communities. The legal challenge is part of the broader federal case League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) v. Abbott.
In 2025, a federal district court judge ruled that portions of the redistricting plan constituted impermissible racial gerrymandering, finding that the Legislature had drawn certain districts in a way that unlawfully weakened the voting strength of communities of color.
Read the district court opinion here: LULAC v. Abbott PI Order
The decision was subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that the redistricting maps could go forward while litigation continues.
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