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GOP Fight Over Salazar’s Dignidad Act Intensifies as PACs Move to Sway Primaries

Primary threats fueled by outside money turn the immigration plan into a party test.

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Luis Zepeda, owner of The Men Barber School, at the barbershop in Round Rock, March 11. Zepeda is concerned about the impact of Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's new requirement of a social security number for licensing applications and renewals, which critics say may push immigrants working in industries like Zepeda's underground. (Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) (C), accompanied by Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) (C-L), speaks at a Dignity Coalition news conference on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Dignity Coalition is a bipartisan group that has formed to support the "Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act of 2025" (the DIGNIDAD Act or Dignity Act, H.R. 4393), which they argue is a solution to fix the immigration system in the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Opposing political groups have set up dueling PACs to either defeat or defend Republican co-sponsors of Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s Dignidad Act.
  • American Business Immigration Coalition Action says its Building America’s Economy PAC has raised $1.2 million and is seeking $5 million to protect GOP backers.
  • Homeland PAC, organized by immigration-restriction activists, says it will recruit primary challengers to punish Republicans who support the bill.
  • Salazar, who reports receiving death threats over the legislation, told reporters she welcomes a primary challenger in her Florida district.
  • The bipartisan bill would give long-term unauthorized immigrants legal status and work permits without a citizenship path, pair that with enforcement steps like E‑Verify and more border surveillance, has about 20 Democratic co-sponsors and roughly 19 Republicans, and has business groups like the National Association of Manufacturers in support as MAGA-aligned critics label it amnesty and target its supporters.