Florida Republican breaks with Trump, says immigration policy has 'gone too far’
Salazar says 50% of ICE detainees in July had no criminal record as she warns the crackdown is alienating Hispanic voters.
- 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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REPUBLICAN Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar has publicly criticized Trump's immigration policy, warning that it has gone too far and that Latinos who supported him feel betrayed.
Florida Republican Knocks Trump for Betraying Hispanic Voters
Faces the President in a campaign announcement and tells him that his policies “have gone too far,” less than two months from the ‘midterms’
Florida Republican Salazar Publicly Challenges Trump on Immigration
MIAMI, Florida — Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar is publicly challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, using a new campaign ad to warn that Hispanic voters who supported him in 2024 now feel “betrayed.” “Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Salazar says in the ad, filmed outside the White House. She pointed to July detention figures and urged Trump to “be careful” about…
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