In court hearing, Latino rights group says new maps still unfair – Capitol News IL

Ernest Herrera, an attorney with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the latest maps actually reduce the number of majority-Latino legislative districts in Illinois, despite the fact that the Latino population grew over the last decade, both in terms of total numbers and as a percent of the state’s overall population.

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