With newly approved maps in Texas, GOP puts its gains with Latinos to the test

SEGUIN, Texas – Under a broiling sun, there's a popular, frozen drinks stop here in the seat of Guadalupe County known as Milly's where locals cool off in the summer.

But business owner Tomas Hernandez Jr. says the political environment is hotter than ever. Much of that has to do with a struggling economy, he says.

"A lot of people who supported Trump were not expecting this to happen," said Hernandez, 64.

Grocery prices are high, suppliers are charging more and laborers are leaving as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation push.

Now, state Republicans are moving Hernandez's south central Texas community into a new congressional district as part of a controversial mid-decade redistricting effort designed to grow the size of their delegation in the U.S. House. It's a move