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Texas Lawmakers Blast Congressional Hearing Targeting Landmark Education Ruling Plyler v. Doe

AUSTIN, TX — Today, Mexican American Legislative Caucus Chairman State Representative Ramon Romero, Jr. and Texas House Democratic Caucus Chairman State Representative Gene Wu sent a letter to U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, opposing a congressional hearing aimed at revisiting Plyler v. Doe, the landmark Supreme Court decision guaranteeing children access to public education regardless of immigration status.

March 18, 2026

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MALC Welcomes Release of McAllen Mariachi Family After ICE Detention Raises Concerns

AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) welcomed reports that the Gámez-Cuéllar family has been released from ICE detention after being taken into custody following a scheduled immigration check-in on February 25.

March 9, 2026

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Texas DMV Adopts Registration Rule That Critics Warn Will Put More Uninsured Vehicles on the Road

AUSTIN, TX — On February 12, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board of Directors unanimously adopted amended rule changes imposing new identification requirements for vehicle registration and renewal across the state.

March 6, 2026

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MALC Urges Hutchins Officials to Reject Proposed “Mega” ICE Detention Facility Ahead of City Council Meeting

AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) sent a formal letter to the Hutchins Mayor and City Council ahead of tonight’s special called meeting, urging local officials to continue opposing the proposed use of city property for a large-scale immigration detention facility.

February 11, 2026

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MALC Warns Abbott Directive Freezing H-1B Petitions Will Worsen Staffing Shortages at Texas Universities

AUSTIN, TX — The Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) is raising concerns about a directive issued today by Governor Greg Abbott ordering state agencies and public institutions of higher education to freeze new H-1B visa petitions, warning that the move could worsen existing staffing shortages across Texas’s public sector.

January 27, 2026

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MALC Presses Texas Comptroller for Answers After Unilateral Rollback of Bipartisan HUB Program

AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) sent a formal letter to Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock raising constitutional and economic concerns related to his unilateral decision to dismantle core components of the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, a statutory initiative that has held bipartisan support for more than three decades.

December 9, 2025

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SCOTUS Greenlights Texas’ Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan; MALC Warns of Voting Rights Crisis

AUSTIN, TX — Today, the United States Supreme Court allowed Texas to use the mid-decade Congressional map enacted during the 2025 second called special session, despite a three-judge federal panel finding in a 160-page ruling that the map was intentionally drawn to discriminate against Latino and Black Texans.

December 4, 2025

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Federal Court Blocks Texas Mid-Decade Map; MALC Calls Ruling a Win for Fair Representation

AUSTIN, TX — Today, a three-judge federal panel in El Paso blocked Texas’s 2025 congressional map, ruling that the plan likely violates the U.S. Constitution by intentionally discriminating against Latino and Black voters.

November 18, 2025

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MALC Files Amicus Brief Defending Texas Dream Act

AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) filed an amicus brief in United States v. Students for Affordable Tuition, urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court’s decision that blocked Students for Affordable Tuition, La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), Austin Community College, and student Oscar Silva from joining the case to defend the Texas Dream Act.

October 6, 2025