LULAC National President Roman Palomares spoke to Fox News Digital after volunteers were subject of the 'raids.'
One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations plans to seek federal legal action after Texas officials executed searches and seizures relating to alleged illegal ballot harvesting ahead of the 2024 election. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, announced that his office’s Election Integrity unit had executed searches in three South Texas counties last week as part of his ongoing probe.
National President Roman Palomares said he is hoping to go to Washington to meet with Justice Department officials who handle civil rights cases. Palomares alleged that '100%' of those targeted were of Latino or minority ethnicity. 'Two or three of our members were , and they’re certified registrants,' he told Fox News Digital. 'These are regular people, but for some reason they’re targeting .' 'We think it's unjustifiable.
However, Palomares said there may be another political interest in the Uvalde-area counties where the operations took place: Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans see the 80th State House district as the Democrat seat most primed to flip red in November. Palomares argued that LULAC volunteers aren’t in Bexar County to help Democrats retain the seat, suggesting the organization is not allowed to do so.
Palomares added that one woman subject to the warrant searches was 80 years old and a former member of the LULAC board. He said law enforcement confiscated her electronics and that she told him she was embarrassed to be stuck outside her house in her nightgown around dawn. He called the way the searches were conducted 'intimidation tactics.' 'I don't think it's right.
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