LULAC said the raids were called for by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.
HOUSTON — LULAC, the nation’s oldest and largest Hispanic and Latin American civil rights organization, is pushing back against the Texas Attorney General’s Office after some of its members had their houses raided.
LULAC leaders called for a federal investigation into the searches they said were directed by Attorney General Ken Paxton.
LULAC said some of the members who had their homes searched earlier this month were in their 80s. The searches happened in Frio, Atascosa and Brexas counties, among others.
They said they want the FBI and the United States Department of Justice to look into the actions of the AG’s office.
It all comes as Paxton and other state Republican leaders have been pushing concerns and claims over voter integrity issues.
LULAC leaders told KHOU 11 News on Monday that they’re concerned that there’s little concrete evidence of widespread voter issues.
“This is a political maneuver because of the timing of it. It’s only 70 days before the presidential election. They have been investigating these allegations of voter fraud for two years, so why go after them now? It seems very, very strategically and politically motivated,” Greater Houston LULAC 4967 President Sergio Lira said.
LULAC said it’s not yet aware of specific allegations.
A release from Paxton’s office said the searches were part of allegations regarding election fraud and vote harvesting that his office said happened during the 2022 election. They said the investigation provided sufficient evidence to obtain search warrants to continue the investigation.
The issue of election integrity was part of the discussion at the state capitol during a committee hearing on Monday.
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