Overview
- Rep. María Elvira Salazar released a 30‑second bilingual ad on Thursday that directly tells President Trump some immigration enforcement efforts have "gone too far" and warns Hispanic voters feel betrayed.
- The ad highlights government data showing about 49,571 ICE arrests in July, with more than half of those detained recorded as having no prior criminal convictions or charges.
- Salazar framed the message to protect her Miami district and promoted the DIGNIDAD Act, her bipartisan bill to give certain undocumented residents conditional legal status if they meet requirements such as background checks.
- Democrats and her Democratic opponent have accused Salazar of hypocrisy by pointing to her past votes to fund ICE, while commentators across the political spectrum called the spot an unusual public break with a president who endorsed her earlier this year.
- The White House has not issued a substantive response, and the ad reinforces a tightening race in Florida’s heavily Hispanic 27th District that polls show has moved closer to a toss‑up and could signal wider Republican trouble with Latino voters and turnout.