(NewsNation) — On Wednesday, a three-judge panel in El Paso, Texas, will take up a high-stakes lawsuit over the state’s new mid-decade congressional map.

The districts most affected are majority-minority districts, where racial minorities make up most of the voters.

Democrats and civil rights groups have pushed for the panel to block the map, citing concerns it “packs and cracks” districts to silence minority voices and dilute their voting power.

Texas Republicans have denied allegations of racial gerrymandering, arguing the new map reflects population growth in urban areas and that the redrawn lines are legally justified.

The map was passed by lawmakers in August and has been at the center of a political storm, as President Donald Trump looks to pick up more seats in Congress during t

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