Florida Republican breaks with Trump, says immigration policy has 'gone too far’
- On Thursday, Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar released a campaign ad criticizing President Donald Trump's mass deportation policy, warning that his enforcement efforts have "gone too far."
- Representing a 74-percent Hispanic district in the Miami area that supported Trump in 2024, Salazar warns that Hispanic voters who helped him reach the White House "feel betrayed today" despite her endorsement two years ago.
- Salazar cited statistics showing 50% of people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in July had no criminal record, aligning with CATO Institute findings that most detainees lacked violent convictions.
- Despite Trump's "Complete and Total Endorsement" in February, this rare public break reveals growing fissures within the GOP ahead of November midterms, as some candidates remove his name from campaign materials.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has forcefully defended the administration's immigration crackdown in recent weeks, posting deportation flight photos, as Republicans navigate voter concerns over enforcement tactics in cities across America.
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Miami Republican congresswoman’s new campaign ad slams Trump on immigration
Miami Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar chastised President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and warned him against listening to his advisers in a new campaign ad released Thursday — just seven weeks before she’s up for re-election for a congressional seat that Democrats are hoping to flip this year.
Florida GOP Rep Up for Reelection Says Voters ‘Feel Betrayed’ By Trump’s Immigration Assault
A Republican member of Congress who is running for reelection in a Florida House district that is not considered to be competitive put out an ad on Thursday in which she breaks with President Trump’s at-times lethal immigration enforcement and mass deportation policies. “Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) said in the ad, first flagged by a New York Times reporter. “The…
Florida Rep. Salazar Warns Trump On Immigration: 'Some Efforts Have Gone Too Far'
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) issued a direct public challenge to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement strategy on Thursday, releasing a campaign advertisement asserting that the administration’s large-scale operations have reached an unsustainable level. In the 30-second ad, Salazar—who received Trump’s endorsement in February for her reelection bid in Florida’s 27th Congressional District—urged the president […] Flor…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement measures are excessive."
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