The lack of Latinos on the City Council undermines the legitimacy of Houston’s government, experts say, and is something that a prominent Hispanic organization is pushing to change with a lawsuit and ballot proposition.

"We are looking at filing a federal lawsuit challenging the at large system in Houston as discriminatory and a violation of the voting rights act,"

“It is regrettable that lives were lost and others were injured. However, truckers are essential workers in our nation, and this continued persecution of a 26-year-old Latino driver without a blemish on his record, who was neither drunk nor under the influence of drugs, is an unjust act of scapegoating.”

“it is indefensible that trained Los Angeles police officers could open fire in a crowded store at the height of Christmas shopping without first knowing for sure if the suspect was armed.”

“We believe and are cautiously optimistic that he [Gov. Jared Polis] will try to find justice in this gross miscarriage of justice,” LULAC National President Domingo Garcia said.

Domingo Garcia, the national president of LULAC, a Latino civil rights organization, says they’re backing the petition, calling the sentence an injustice.

Domingo Garcia, a former state representative from Dallas and national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said that solid Hispanic opportunity districts would decrease from eight to seven.

“We're seeing, you know just full-blown efforts in Republican-controlled states to limit the right of people to vote,” Garcia said. “It’s something you expect in third world countries, not the United States.”

“The Republican party has weaponized political gerrymandering to disenfranchise and to suppress the vote of Latinos throughout the state of Texas.”

We want to send a clear message to all Texans that we are against gerrymandering, we are against rigging the system, we are against politicians picking their voters instead of voters picking their politicians, and we are going to stand up for our constitution and the Voting Rights Act,

Monterey city manager Fred Meurer, who retired in 2013 after 27 years, says it wasn’t uncommon to see a majority of the city council coming from “up on the hill,” which spurred some conversations during his tenure about district-based representation; however, he says the discussions were never in the context of racial equity.

Governor Greg Abbott is trying to prey on the fear of the pandemic which will keep Hispanics from wanting to risk their lives by going to the polls in person

“Texas is changing and Republicans in Texas – especially those in senate and congress – need to accept that they have to allow for adequate representation for our communities,” said LULAC national president and Dallas resident Domingo Garcia

Domingo Garcia, the national president of The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), said his organization is prepared to sue if Texas lawmakers don't change the maps to give Latinos more voting power.

The nation’s largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization has filed a federal lawsuit in hopes of preventing a sweeping new Texas voting law signed earlier this week by Gov. Greg Abbott from going into effect.

LULAC President Domingo Garcia responded to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) signing of an elections overhaul into law Tuesday that adds more voting restrictions in the booming state after Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP’s eroding dominance.

LULAC strongly opposes this attack on our voting rights and freedoms because they have one and only one purpose; to dilute our voice at the ballot box and continue to stop electoral change in Texas

Voto Latino, LULAC Texas, the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Texas American Federation of Teachers today filed suit to block SB 1, Texas’s draconian voting law that is one of the most restrictive of its kind.

Less than an hour after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Tuesday that enacts new voting restrictions in Texas, the nation’s largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization filed a federal lawsuit in hopes of preventing the law from going into effect.

“Texas voters deserve fair, open, and transparent elections, not a process rigged to deny our communities, whose numbers are growing, the right to vote."

President Trump is again taking the low road in politics of playing the race card and using Latinos as political piñatas. His constant damning indictment of Muslims, Blacks and Latinos divides America.

Texas will soon face lawsuits over Gov. Greg Abbott's order that state troopers should pull over vehicles whose drivers they suspect of transporting migrants who pose a risk of transmitting COVID-19, a top civil-rights attorney said.

LULAC National President Domingo Garcia will lead the discussion with local guests and invited Mexican dignitaries representing the eight citizens of Mexico who died in the massacre – which claimed 23 lives and left 23 others injured.

Domingo Garcia, national president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), says his organization is monitoring for cases of “racial profiling” and planning for a lawsuit against the governor.

Domingo Garcia, National President of LULAC, said they've decided to sue the state and ask for a Department of Justice review for violation of civil and criminal laws.

Dallas lawyer Domingo Garcia, the LULAC national president, noted that more than 5,000 workers have tested positive for the coronavirus at U.S. meatpacking plants.

“When you put out lies to the community, there are consequences and there are going to be ramifications for your product.”

ADELANTE talks with the National President of LULAC, Domingo Garcia, about the future of Latinos under the new Presidential Administration, including Latinos appointed to President-Elect Biden's Cabinet. Also, we talk with Dr. Jorge Ramallo about the COVID-19 vaccine. Also highlights Dr. Naydeen Gonzalez-deJesus, who was recently appointed Executive Vice-President of Student Success at MATC.

Biden has a great opportunity to have a Cabinet that truly looks like America and to fulfill his promises. Right now, I'm still a little disappointed we haven't seen more diversity. In the few picks he's made so far, he seems like to be going back to the Obama administration instead of looking for fresh new talent.

"There’s cameras everywhere, so it's really impossible for her to disappear there from the largest military base in the United States without anyone knowing or finding out,”

“We’re marching because we’re not going to be terrorized, we’re not going to be turned around. We’re not going to stand for this type of politics of hate and the rhetoric coming about making Latinos and immigrants political piñatas to score points in an election,”

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed a lawsuit Tuesday in San Antonio against Texas Secretary of State David Whitley and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claiming the release of 95,000 potential non-citizen voters is an attempt to suppress Latino voters.

A Latino civil rights group is suing top Texas officials over what the organization says is an “election-related ‘witch hunt’” designed to intimidate legitimately registered voters by asking them to prove their citizenship.

Garcia, who lives in Dallas, said he checked with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, and said they approved of the side talks. Garcia added that Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not dissuade him from entering into the talks.

LULAC President Domingo Garcia describes his meeting with White House adviser Jared Kushner on a potential deal to re-open the government, Thursday, January 24, 2019.

“Make no mistake about it, LULAC is there, first and foremost to demand that federal workers be allowed to get back to their jobs,” Domingo Garcia, national president of LULAC, said in a statement.

"We make a point to invite both Republicans and Democrats," said LULAC President Domingo Garcia, x spoke at the event. "Some of the candidates don't care about the Latino vote."

Ex-state Rep. Domingo Garcia rallies the "Dump Trump" marchers Monday in Dallas. The crowd grew to about 1,000.

"We're at a crucial point in history when Latinos are under attack," Garcia said. "People wanted a national voice that would speak for them in a strong and uniting manner."

Tempers hit a boiling point Saturday outside of the Border Patrol station in McAllen, when protesters saw a bus full of migrant families trying to drive by. The demonstrators gathered in the streets and blocked traffic.

"It's embarrassing," said LULAC President Domingo Garcia. "We are losing our role as the defender of human rights in the world."

Dallas businessman Ivanne Berumen said the four young people have been fighting for new laws. They visited Washington, D.C., recently with a group of North Texas "Dreamers" with support from activist Domingo Garcia and his wife, Dallas County Commissioner Elba Garcia.

Dallas Mega March organizer Domingo Garcia talks about the event. Plus, Congressman Michael Burgess talks Syria, healthcare and the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Join us Sunday morning at 8:40 for Lone Star Politics.

Final preparations are being made ahead of the Dallas Mega March on Sunday in downtown Dallas. Tens of thousands of people are expected to march for immigration reform and racial equality. The march begins at 2 p.m at the Cathedral Guadalupe and ends at Dallas City Hall.

On the 10th anniversary this month of what is now called by organizers the largest civil rights march in Texas history, it would be difficult to overstate the impact the immigrants’ “mega-marches” had in Latino communities in Dallas and around the country.

"We're hoping it will send a message that Mr. Trump and people like Ted Cruz who follow Mr. Trump's lead there are consequences to that and those consequences will be felt in November 2016," said Domingo Garcia.

"This year we're looking at creating a new movement to liberate the 14 million people who live in the shadows of America because of their immigration status," lawyer and former state representative Domingo Garcia