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Republican congresswoman María Elvira Salazar has released a campaign ad criticizing President Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies, particularly concerning the detention of individuals without criminal records. In July alone, 50% of the 50,000 people detained had no criminal history. The ad highlights how these policies are alienating Hispanic voters in her Miami-area district, where she won re-election by a narrow margin in 2024 and now faces a strong Democratic challenger in Eliott Rodriguez ahead of November's midterm elections.

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Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida released a campaign ad on September 17, 2026, criticizing President Trump's immigration enforcement policies as having "gone too far," citing that in July, 50% of the 50,000 people detained had no criminal record. Salazar warned Trump that Hispanic voters who supported him in the 2024 election feel betrayed. Her district is nearly three-quarters Hispanic and leans Republican; she faces a significant challenge from Democrat Eliott Rodriguez ahead of the November midterm elections. Following the ad's release, Salazar said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" that Trump had been "very receptive" to her concerns and argued that some of his advisers were not presenting the full picture to him regarding immigration policy.

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A Republican congresswoman has released a campaign ad criticizing Donald Trump’s approach to immigration enforcement, in the latest sign that a key plank of the president’s 2024 re-election campaign has become a liability for his congressional allies ahead of November’s midterm elections.

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House Republican releases campaign ad critical of Trump’s immigration policies · assertive framing

plank → release → elections

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Florida’s María Elvira Salazar says in a 30-second ad. asserted

Salazar → go → ad

“In July, 50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record. asserted

that → detain → record

Be careful what your advisers are telling you about immigration policy.” asserted

advisers → tell → policy

Salazar represents a competitive Miami-area district that is nearly three-quarters Hispanic, and where Trump won by a 15-percentage point margin two years ago after a campaign in which he promised to carry out “mass deportations”. asserted

he → represent → deportations

While his administration has implied that those targeted would be undocumented immigrants who committed crimes in the United States, in reality, a substantial portion of the people arrested since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025 have no criminal record. asserted

Trump → imply → record

Salazar won re-election by a 20 percentage point margin in 2024 but this year is facing a significant challenge from Eliott Rodriguez, the Democratic nominee and a former television news anchor. asserted

Salazar → win → Rodriguez

A poll conducted for his campaign late last month found him tied with Salazar. asserted

him → conduct → Salazar

“The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today,” Salazar said in the ad. asserted

Salazar → help → ad

I’m not talking about giving them amnesty. asserted

I → talk → amnesty

I’m talking about giving them a dignified life in this promised land. asserted

I → talk → land

First elected in 2020, the congresswoman is a champion of the Dignity Act, an immigration reform proposal in the House of Representatives that would create a pathway for some undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status. asserted

immigrants → elect → status

Salazar’s ad is the latest instance of Republican lawmakers seeking to put distance between themselves and Trump ahead of the 3 November elections, in which Democrats are vying to take back both the House and Senate. asserted

Democrats → seek → House

With gas prices high due to the war with Iran and Trump’s public approval low – including on key issues like handling of immigration – Democrats increasingly believe their candidates are competitive even in heavily Republican seats. asserted

candidates → include → seats

House Republican releases campaign ad critical of Trump’s immigration policies

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