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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Alex Nguyen

Asian Americans are one of Texas’ fastest-growing demographics. But they feel ignored by politicians.

Alex Pham, an Asian American student at UT, registers to vote, as University Democrats vice president Emma Reed, right, and volunteer deputy registrar Alex Meed, left, help. Scenes from a drive to register voters held by University Democrats on the University of Texas campus in the final hours of voter registration for midterm elections on Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022 in Austin. Asian communities are growing rapidly in Texas but they are still feeling left out of the political process . (May-Ying Lam for The Texas Tribune)
Alex Pham, center, receives help registering to vote during a voter registration drive at the University of Texas at Austin on Tuesday. (Credit: May-Ying Lam for The Texas Tribune)

Xin Huang is unhappy about the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, and there are few things that could deter the Chinese American software engineer who lives in Flower Mound from voting this fall.

“The stakes are just too high right now,” he said. “I would crawl through broken glass to vote.”

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