Overview
- Salazar released a direct campaign video Thursday that told President Trump his immigration enforcement «has gone too far» and said Hispanic voters who backed him in 2024 now feel "traicionados."
- The congresswoman cited July ICE figures in the ad and said about half of those detained that month had no criminal convictions, a point drawn from recent government and data analyses.
- The Department of Homeland Security responded that there will be "no amnesty" and that it will continue an aggressive deportation campaign ordered by the president.
- Conservative commentators and some allies criticized Salazar, and the president replied that he disagrees but has continued to support her for reelection.
- Salazar represents Florida's heavily Hispanic 27th District, has proposed the Dignity Act as an alternate immigration approach, and her criticism highlights tension over enforcement, local 287(g) cooperation, and human‑rights scrutiny of detention sites ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.