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María Elvira Salazar

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María Elvira Salazar is a U.S. Representative for Florida's 27th congressional district, having taken office on January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she has a background in journalism and media, which informs her political communication style. Salazar has been vocal about her opposition to socialism, drawing on her family's experiences fleeing Cuba. She emphasizes the importance of freedom and democracy in her public statements and legislative priorities.

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October 1, 2026

Half of the 50,000 people arrested by ICE in July did not have criminal records.

— María Elvira Salazar

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  1. The same Hispanics that helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.2 sources2026vox.com
Sep 23, 2026

The same Hispanics that helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.

vox.com
Sep 23, 2026

Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far.

vox.com
Sep 20, 2026

He created this- he has forced the bad actors like Delcy, because she was next to Maduro, and we know that they were not good people for the Venezuelans.

cbsnews.com
Sep 20, 2026

I think that some of his advisers are compromising his legacy, and I think it's my duty- it's my duty not to attack- there are no attacks here.

cbsnews.com
Sep 20, 2026

No other president was able to convince the- the Hispanics to vote 55 points for a GOP president. Please preserve that fortune that you have brought to the party.

cbsnews.com
Sep 20, 2026

Sir, you have this – this moment in history where you can keep the pot of gold that you brought to the GOP in 2024.

cbsnews.com
Sep 9, 2026

I am going to be in my district.

cbsnews.com
Jul 15, 2026

More evening sunshine means more time with family and more time to enjoy our local restaurants, shops, and everything Florida has to offer.

foxnews.com
May 29, 2026

Noncitizen veterans, just like their American peers, make the ultimate sacrifice in service of the United States.

takano.house.gov
May 28, 2026

All members of our Armed Forces deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

takano.house.gov
Nov 21, 2025

If there is someone who has seen the horrors of socialism up close within the Democratic Party, and is in the House, it is the Honorable Congresswoman Maxine Waters. And I would love for you to support this resolution specifically because…

govinfo.gov
Nov 21, 2025

When I was a journalist covering stories for Univision Network, I interviewed many people who had lost their legs or lost their brothers or sisters in the middle of the ocean, trying to get to Miami, and the sharks ate them up. Some of…

govinfo.gov
Nov 9, 2025

The Hispanic vote is not guaranteed. Hispanics married President Donald Trump but are only dating the GOP.

latimes.com
Sep 8, 2025

President Trump, sir, the same God who saved you from death in Pennsylvania one year ago, and who put you back in the Oval Office against all odds, is the same God almighty who millions and millions are begging to for some type of dignity…

slate.com
Sep 8, 2025

Sir, I believe that you could be for immigration what Lincoln was for slavery and Reagan was for communism.

slate.com
Sep 4, 2025

Entire nations have been destroyed and millions of lives shattered, including many in my own community who fled its brutality.

breitbart.com
Sep 4, 2025

History is clear: from Stalin’s gulags and Cambodia’s killing fields to Castro’s firing squads in Havana, socialism has always ended in misery, suffering, and death.

breitbart.com
Jul 15, 2025

We have 10 million people or more working in construction, hospitality, agriculture, dairy, fisheries, slaughterhouses who are undocumented but are not criminals.

cbsnews.com
Jul 15, 2025

They did break the law. They are illegals or undocumented. But they have been here for more than five years, contributing to the economy. Those people, someone gave them a job, and they are needed because we need hands in order to continue…

newsweek.com
Jun 27, 2025

President Trump himself has acknowledged what so many of us already know: longtime workers, many of whom have built their lives in this country, are being taken away.

newsweek.com
May 15, 2025

I just want what's fair, what's just and what's Christian.

cbsnews.com
Mar 25, 2025

The Trump administration should take this under consideration and not punish them for Biden’s mistakes.

nbcnews.com
Mar 25, 2025

Trump is cleaning up Biden’s political mess, and the legal limbo the Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans are facing is entirely Biden’s fault.

nbcnews.com
Feb 14, 2025

I believe they should have the ability to see their applications out to rectify their legal status.

nbcnews.com

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