Overview
- Rep. María Elvira Salazar released a 30-second campaign ad that directly warned President Trump his immigration enforcement “has gone too far,” citing ICE data that about half of July detainees had no criminal record.
- The spot was filmed in front of the White House and began airing in the Miami market in English and Spanish on Thursday as Salazar seeks a fourth term in Florida’s 27th District.
- Salazar is the lead sponsor of the DIGNIDAD Act, a bipartisan bill that would offer certain long-term undocumented residents a pathway to legal status after background checks and aims to be an alternative to broad deportations.
- Democrats immediately accused Salazar of hypocrisy by resurfacing her prior votes to fund ICE, while Salazar’s campaign says the ad responds to local Hispanic anger that helped elect Trump in 2024.
- Political analysts say the ad highlights a growing GOP fissure over deportation policy, with several Republicans distancing themselves from the administration and polling showing Salazar’s race tightening against Democrat Eliott Rodriguez.