"I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. I’m talking about giving them a dignified life on welfare in this promised land.”
Immigration Grade from Numbers USA: D
Posted on 09/17/2026 7:44:51 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) has taken direct aim at President Donald Trump and his immigration crackdown in a new re-election ad, warning that the Hispanic voters who helped return him to the White House in 2024 now feel “betrayed.”
The congresswoman, who endorsed Trump in 2024 and urged Hispanic voters to back him, delivered the unusually direct message to the president as she campaigns for another term in her Miami-area district.
“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far. In July, 50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record. Be careful what your advisors are telling you about immigration policy. The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today,” she warned in the ad.
She continued: “You can be for immigration what [Abraham] Lincoln was for slavery and [Ronald] Reagan was for communism. I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. I’m talking about giving them a dignified life in this promised land.”
NEW: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) just rolled out a straight to camera ad breaking with Trump.
"Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far….The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today" pic.twitter.com/uxPeLaittt
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) September 17, 2026
The video comes weeks before the November midterm elections, when Salazar will face Democratic nominee Eliott Rodriguez in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Salazar won the Republican primary in August.
Salazar has otherwise been an ally of Trump. She endorsed his 2024 campaign and Trump gave Salazar his “Complete and Total Endorsement” in February.
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Better to have lost with dignity.
If there’s one thing Republicans excel at it’s losing with dignity.
If she is for ILLEGAL Aliens remaining in America,
she needs to GTFO herself.
He campaigned on mass deportations. What did this idiot think he meant by that?
I know what I thought he meant. I have a right to be disappointed. She doesn’t.
Are they here ILLEGALLY?
Lady, if they get caught up in arrests, they are freebees to take all their assets and send them home.
She of Amnesty fame.
“50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record.”
Well, they do now.
“In July, 50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record.”
I’m not sure that I believe that number. If it is true though, maybe they don’t have a record because they haven’t been apprehended yet?
Democrats are desperate to win midterms. We’ll see a lot of strange behavior. That includes from republicans
She has been pro illegal forever.
Yeah she’s pure crap. I’ve said this for a long time. Not only is she an open borders RINO, she was also completely behind all the Ukraine crap. She needs to be primaried and removed. She’s exactly what needs to be purged from the Republican party.
“Lady, if they get caught up in arrests, they are freebees to take all their assets and send them home.”
I knew a Hispanic with a green card and he’s now a citizen. He’d get spitting mad about illegals. He said, approximately, who do you think they rob and rape? They go after other Hispanics. Not citizens because they’ll get in trouble. They think another Hispanic won’t dare report them. They take jobs at a fraction the going rate and I can’t get a job at the same place unless I tell them I’m illegal because they don’t follow the laws. They under pay and over work.
(I helped him start a business and he’s doing great.) I guarantee he’d vote to throw out illegals. So this lady is projeting.
Um - She might want to ask around.
I’ve worked with several immigrants in the past - all Naturalized. Security clearance required citizenship.
They are all Seriously Pissed at the illegals.
Were they in the country illegally? Then they were committing a crime.
You’re not entitled to invade our country without our consent and against our will.
So they voted, yes? They must be citizens then, who will not be detained without a criminal record. Or, is she saying illegal aliens voted for Trump? Makes no sense.
Hispanics, along with a big portion of Trump’s coalition, feel betrayed not because of immigration, but because of the other things Trump ran on. Namely, affordability and no forever wars. Which are directly linked to each other. Slazar is just another lame RINO, good to be done with her.
“Affordability is a word made up by Democrats.”
She continued: “You can be for immigration what [Abraham] Lincoln was for slavery and [Ronald] Reagan was for communism. I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. I’m talking about giving them a dignified life in this promised land.”
Folks, you think kicking them all out will solve the problem. You look for simple answers to complex systems. You focus on one data point.
That is what the libs did with global warming. The complexity of climate and they think they can focus on just CO2 levels.
The French revolution was for what they didn’t want and after that, there was more they didn’t want.
The American Revolution was for clearly defined goals, which were achieved.
OUR GOAL SHOULD BE GOOD CITIZENS. MANAGE FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
Proverbs 11:11 Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.
Now, regarding this govt official, has she proposed any solutions or just bitched. She may have, but the lying media has an agenda. NEVER FORGET THAT THE LYING MEDIA HAS AN AGENDA!!!!
And never forget, a piece of paper saying you are a citizen does not make you a good citizen.
Think about the responsibilities of citizenship. There is a lot of work to do in our society. I discuss heavenly citizenship as well as American citizenship as much as I can.
She won the district by 21 points in 2024; Trump won it by 15.
This is a sign of how far Latinos are disaffected with Republicans and doesn’t bode well for Texas.
"I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. I’m talking about giving them a dignified life on welfare in this promised land.”
Immigration Grade from Numbers USA: D
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