Salazar's Dignity Act has faced skepticism from both parties---Democrats criticize it for being too strict, while some Republicans label it as "amnesty," leading to limited legislative progress (Miami Herald, South Florida Sun-Sentinel).
She has avoided direct public confrontation with the Trump administration on controversial immigration issues, leading to criticism from Democratic opponents who accuse her of remaining silent when allies push harsh enforcement policies (Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald).
Although Salazar frames her immigration proposals as bipartisan and humane, advocacy groups and some Hispanic leaders attack her for not doing enough to protect immigrants facing deportation, putting her at odds with parts of her district (Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald).
At times, Salazar has shifted blame for immigrant hardships onto Democratic administrations, which exposes her to charges of deflecting rather than confronting root causes or Republican policy failures (Editorial - Miami Herald).
The financial requirements and long legalization timelines in her proposals (such as $10,000 in payments and up to 15 years to citizenship) risk alienating both immigrant advocates and GOP hardliners, potentially undermining grassroots support and bipartisan appeal (Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times).
April 2025: Rep. Maria Salazar Cosponsored Bill To Enable Lawful Permanent Residency For Venezuelan Nationals According to Economic Times, "One of them, Rep. Maria Salazar of Miami, also joined about 200 congressional Democrats this week in cosponsoring a bill that would enable them to become lawful permanent residents." [Economic Times, 4/11/25]
June 2023: Salazar Colideró Presentación Del Proyecto De Ley De Ajuste Venezolano En El Congreso De EEUU According to El Nuevo Herald, "La iniciativa fue presentada con otro proyecto de ley que llevaría a Estados Unidos a respaldar esfuerzos para castigar los crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos por el régimen de Nicolas Maduro. El proyecto de ley de ajuste venezolano, H.R. 4048, fue presentado la representante republicana María Elvira Salazar; Darren Soto. demócrata; Debbie Wasserman Schultz demócrata, y Frederica Wilson, demócrata, y si se aprueba favorecería a ciudadanos de ese país que hayan entrado a Estados Unidos antes del 31 de diciembre del 2021 [...]" [El Nuevo Herald, 6/13/23]
June 2023: Salazar Declaró Que El Proyecto De Ley Proporcionaría Refugio A Venezolanos Que Han Sufrido Opresión According to El Nuevo Herald, 'La opresión del régimen de Maduro y el fracaso del socialismo del siglo XXI ha llevado a la peor crisis de refugiados del mundo', dijo Salazar en un comunicado. 'Como resultado, miles de venezolanos en Miami enfrentan una situación migratoria incierta y no pueden regresar a Venezuela. Estoy orgullosa de coliderar la Ley de Ajuste Venezolano para proporcionar refugio a aquellos que han soportado un sufrimiento increíble, para que no tengan que volver a casa a enfrentarse a la ira de la dictadura'. [El Nuevo Herald, 6/13/23]
January 2024: María Elvira Salazar Instó Al Gobierno De EEUU A Otorgar Parole In Place A Cubanos Con I-220A According to El Nuevo Herald, "María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) dijo que la petición, realizada por un grupo bartidista de representantes, incluyendo a Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) y Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), le permitiría a los cubanos permanecer en Estados Unidos y solicitar la residencia permanente en virtud de la Ley de Ajuste Cubano." [El Nuevo Herald, 1/21/24]
Feb 2025: María Salazar Expressed Concern Over Ending Of Venezuelan TPS Program According to El Nuevo Herald, "Cada uno de los representantes expresó su preocupación por el fin del programa de Estatus de Protección Temporal para Venezuela durante la semana pasada, incluso a través de la publicación de una declaración conjunta, y continuaron abogando por los beneficiarios del programa el domingo, cuando quedó claro que el programa no se extenderá." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/3/25]
April 2025: Democratic Caucus Criticized Salazar For Falsely Crediting Trump Administration For TPS Extension For Venezuelans According to Miami Herald, 'The Democratic caucus is particularly critical of Salazar, who they say falsely credited the Trump administration for a court-ordered extension of TPS for Venezuelans. "This victory belongs to immigrant rights advocates, legal champions, and the federal court system, not the politicians enabling the attacks," said María Corina Vegas, a board member of the Caucus.' [Miami Herald, 4/4/25]
2025: Vegas Criticized Salazar For Attributing Venezuelan TPS Extension To Trump Administration According to El Nuevo Herald, "El bloque demócrata critica particularmente a Salazar, quien, según afirman, atribuyó falsamente al gobierno de Trump la extensión del TPS ordenada por la corte para los venezolanos. 'Esta victoria pertenece a los defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes, a los defensores legales y al sistema judicial federal, no a los políticos que facilitan los ataques', declaró María Corina Vegas, miembro de la junta del bloque." [El Nuevo Herald, 4/5/25]
2022-2023: Salazar Introduced Bipartisan 'Dignity Act' On Immigration Reform According to Miami Herald, "In February 2022, Salazar first introduced legislation focused on overhauling the immigration system. Over a year later, she and Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar from Texas introduced a bipartisan version of the 'Dignity Act,' an immigration system overhaul." [Miami Herald, 10/11/24]
Salazar's Dignity Act Proposed Enhanced Border Security And Pathways To Legalization According to Miami Herald, "The bill would allot tens of billions of dollars for border security, hire 3,000 plus new border agents, enact tougher penalties for smugglers and build new walls. [...] It also proposed creating pathways to legalization for people who came here as children or are from countries in turmoil and currently have federal immigration relief under certain programs -- expediting asylum case processing and giving eligible undocumented immigrants work permits and renewable legal status if they pass criminal and background checks and file taxes." [Miami Herald, 10/11/24]
March 2021: Salazar Promoted GOP Immigration Reform Proposal According to El Nuevo Herald, 'La propuesta republicana incluye aumentar la financiación para mejorar la seguridad fronteriza, ampliación de visados para los trabajadores agrícolas, crear una vía a 10 años para lograr un estatus legal renovable para los indocumentados que no tienen antecedentes penales, proteger a los dreamers e implementar el uso obligatorio de E-Verify [...]' [El Nuevo Herald, 3/19/21]
April 2021: Salazar Blamed Cuban Government For Visa Crisis According to El Nuevo Herald, "'¡Está claro que el régimen Castrista es el único culpable de esta crisis y buscará cualquier excusa para seguir separando a las familias cubanas!', dijo Salazar en Twitter tras conocerse la respuesta del gobierno." [El Nuevo Herald, 4/21/21]
2021: Miami Herald Editorial Board Reported María Salazar Criticized Democratic Immigration Bill and Proposed Dignity Act Alternative According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "Despite voting for the bill, Salazar warned the legislation proposed by Democrats didn't do enough to address the crisis at the southern border and led a group of Republicans pushing for an alternative called the Dignity Act. Her proposal also would protect Dreamers; allow immigrants currently in the U.S. to apply for legal status, and later citizenship, if they clear certain hurdles; expand visas for agricultural workers; boost border security and implement mandatory E-Verify, a controversial federal program that checks the immigration status of workers." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 6/11/21]
February 2022: María Salazar Introduced The Dignity Act Offering Legal Residency Path To Undocumented Immigrants According to Miami Herald, "Miami Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar introduced legislation Tuesday that would set up a new legal residency program for millions of undocumented immigrants and create a potential path to citizenship for those who complete a pair of programs over 15 years." [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
February 2022: Salazar Linked Undocumented Labor Taxes To Border Security Funding According to Miami Herald, '"The undocumented labor force is going to be paying for border security," Salazar said.' [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
February 2022: Salazar's Bill Allowed Dignity Program Participants Legal Residency And Travel Privileges, Not Immediate Citizenship According to Miami Herald, "Participants would be allowed to travel back and forth between the U.S. and their country of origin. They would be legal residents rather than citizens." [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
February 2022: Salazar's Bill Offered A Five-Year 'Redemption Program' With Citizenship Path After Dignity Program Completion According to Miami Herald, "At the end of 10 years, participants in the Dignity Program would have the option of continuing work in the country as legal residents under a renewable visa or they could enter a five-year 'Redemption Program,' which would provide a pathway to citizenship for participants who make payments of $2,500 every 20 months to the American Worker Fund and who study English and U.S. civics." [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
February 2022: Salazar Defended Agricultural Sector's Need For Undocumented Labor According to Miami Herald, '"If we don't have those hands in the field, Americans will not eat," Salazar said.' [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
February 2022: María Elvira Salazar Presented Immigration Bill Creating Path To Legal Residency According to El Nuevo Herald, "La representante republicana de Miami Maria Elvira Salazar presento el martes una legislacion que estableceria un nuevo programa de residencia legal para millones de inmigrantes indocumentados y crearia un camino potencial hacia la ciudadania para aquellos que completen un par de programas durante 15 anos." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
Salazar's Bill Established 'Programa Dignidad' With Path To Work Authorization For Undocumented Immigrants According to El Nuevo Herald, "La legislacion estableceria un nuevo 'Programa Dignidad', que permitiria a los inmigrantes indocumentados que han estado en Estados Unidos durante cinco anos permanecer en el pais y trabajar legalmente si cumplen con los requisitos del programa." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
Salazar Stated Undocumented Labor Would Fund Border Security Enhancements According to El Nuevo Herald, "Pagaria por una mayor seguridad en la frontera aumentando la cantidad de agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza, actualizando su tecnologia y construyendo barreras fisicas. 'La mano de obra indocumentada va a pagar por la seguridad fronteriza', dijo Salazar." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
Salazar Allowed Program Participants International Travel And Legal Residency According to El Nuevo Herald, "A los participantes se les permitiria viajar de ida y vuelta entre Estados Unidos y su pais de origen. Serian residentes legales en lugar de ciudadanos." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
Salazar Designed Stepwise Pathway To Citizenship Through 'Programa Redención' According to El Nuevo Herald, "Al final de los 10 anos, los participantes en el Programa Dignidad tendrian la opcion de continuar trabajando en el pais como residentes legales bajo una visa renovable o podrian ingresar a un 'Programa Redencion' de cinco anos, que proporcionaria una ruta hacia la ciudadania para participantes que realizan pagos de $2,500 cada 20 meses al American Worker Fund y que estudian ingles y educacion civica estadounidense." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
February 2022: María Elvira Salazar Propuso 'Ley de Dignidad' Para Otorgar Oportunidad A Inmigrantes Indocumentados According to La Prensa, "María Elvira Salazar, congresista de Florida, propone nueva ley llamada 'Ley de Dignidad'. Con esta planea darle una oportunidad a los inmigrantes indocumentados del Estado del Sol." [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/9/22]
February 2022: Salazar Dijo Que Representaba Primera Reforma Integral De Inmigración Propuesta Por Congresista De Primer Año According to La Prensa, "Salazar dijo que su proyecto de ley representa la primera vez que un miembro de primer año ha propuesto reformas integrales de inmigración por su cuenta y sin la ayuda de un comité." [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/9/22]
February 2022: Salazar Afirmó Que Los Fondos De La Ley Financiarían Capacitación Laboral Y Seguridad Fronteriza According to La Prensa, "Se calcula que los fondos aporten un aproximado de $90,000 millones de dólares a lo largo de los primeros 10 años. Estos fondos estarían siendo destinados a programas de capacitación y reciclaje laboral." [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/9/22]
February 2022: Salazar Definió La Ley Como Oportunidad Republicana Para Dar La Bienvenida A Latinos According to La Prensa, "''Los demócratas han fracasado durante décadas en producir una reforma migratoria. Los republicanos, tenemos la oportunidad de dar la bienvenida a los latinos al partido'', declara Salazar." [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/9/22]
January 2022: Maria Elvira Salazar Introduced Dignity Act Immigration Bill According to Tampa Bay Times, "Introduced last month by U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Miami and co-sponsored by half a dozen of her fellow Republicans, the bill represents a rare attempt to tackle a national concern that has only grown in recent decades." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/17/22]
2022: Salazar Called Dignity Act The Only Reasonable Immigration Bill In Congress According to Tampa Bay Times, "Salazar, a former TV journalist and daughter of Cuban refugees, told the Tampa Bay Times her initiative is 'the only reasonable immigration bill in Congress.' 'My community sent me to Washington, D.C., to fight for them, and I'm doing just that with my Dignity Act,' she said. 'It is the right thing to do for my district, for our state, and for America.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 2/17/22]
February 2022: María Salazar Presented The Dignity Act To Address Immigration Reform According to Tampa Bay Times, "Presentado el mes pasado por la representante estadounidense María Elvira Salazar de Miami, el proyecto de ley incorpora un intento poco común de resolver una preocupación nacional que solo ha crecido en las últimas décadas. [...] La última iniciativa para legalizar a unas 11 millones de personas en EEUU es la Ley de Dignidad, una legislación presentada por la representante republicana de Miami María Elvira Salazar." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/28/22]
María Salazar Described The Dignity Act As The Only Reasonable Immigration Bill In Congress In 2022 According to Tampa Bay Times, "Llamó a su propuesta 'el único proyecto de ley de inmigración razonable en el Congreso'. 'Estoy aquí para decir nada más', dijo Salazar. 'Mi comunidad me envió a Washington D.C. para luchar por ellos, y eso es precisamente lo que estoy haciendo con mi Ley de Dignidad. Es lo correcto para mi distrito, para nuestro estado y para Estados Unidos'." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/28/22]
February 2022: María Salazar Stated Her Mission Was To Fight For Her District In Washington Through The Dignity Act According to Tampa Bay Times, "'Mi comunidad me envió a Washington D.C. para luchar por ellos, y eso es precisamente lo que estoy haciendo con mi Ley de Dignidad. Es lo correcto para mi distrito, para nuestro estado y para Estados Unidos'." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/28/22]
2022: Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Reported María Salazar Sponsored Legislation For Undocumented Immigrants To Gain Legal Status According to an editorial published in South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "For a different view from a different Republican, consider U. S Rep. Maria Elena Salazar of Miami. She has sponsored legislation that would create a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants. Many of them contribute to Florida's economy." [Editorial - South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 3/4/22]
2022: Gainesville Sun Editorial Board Described María Salazar Sponsoring Immigration Legalization Bill According to an editorial published in Gainesville Sun, "For a different view from a different Republican, consider U.S. Rep. Maria Elena Salazar of Miami. She has sponsored legislation that would create a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants. Many of them contribute to Florida's economy. Though it runs to nearly 500 pages, Salazar's legislation isn't as sweeping or as helpful as the comprehensive reform bill that passed the Senate in 2013 with 68 votes, among them Lindsey Graham and John McCain." [Editorial - Gainesville Sun, 3/12/22]
2022: Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Reported María Salazar Sponsored Legalization Legislation According to an editorial published in Highlands News-Sun, "For a different view from a different Republican, consider U. S Rep. Maria Elena Salazar of Miami. She has sponsored legislation that would create a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants. Many of them contribute to Florida's economy. Though it runs to nearly 500 pages, Salazar's legislation isn't as sweeping or as helpful as the comprehensive reform bill that passed the Senate in 2013 [...] Unlike DeSantis, though, Salazar at least seeks solutions rather than 'theater' on immigration." [Editorial - Highlands News-Sun, 3/13/22]
February 2022: Salazar Filed Dignity Act To Overhaul Immigration System According to Miami Herald, "Last February, Salazar filed the Dignity Act, a bill that aims to overhaul the immigration system and promises a path to legal residency in the U.S. for millions of undocumented immigrants, including Dreamers. The legislation also proposes measures to increase border security." [Miami Herald, 9/22/22]
April 2022: Salazar Promised Progress On Dignity Act Legislation According to Miami Herald, "We're putting together a very big coalition, but not only people on the floor, people in the Senate. And I will have very good news for you before the year's out," she said before hosting an event with the LIBRE Initiative in West Miami-Dade. "Dignity will be law." [Miami Herald, 9/22/22]
Salazar Introduced Dignity Act Immigration Reform Proposal In 2022 According to Miami Herald, "her efforts to pass an immigration reform law, which she introduced in February and called 'The Dignity Act.' The law promises to overhaul the U.S. immigration system by offering a path to legal residency to migrants who have been in the U.S. since at least July 2016 or earlier." [Miami Herald, 10/24/22]
February 2022: Salazar Introduced 'Ley de Dignidad' Immigration Bill According to El Nuevo Herald, "su discurso contra los regímenes comunistas en América Latina su marca política, Taddeo ha tratado de presentar a Salazar como una extremista republicana afín a los negadores de los resultados de las elecciones de 2020 como prueba de que Salazar no defiende la democracia en Estados Unidos." Also, "el principal mensaje de Salazar en la campaña se ha centrado en la inflación, la economía y sus esfuerzos por aprobar una ley de reforma migratoria, que presentó en febrero y que llamó 'Ley de Dignidad'." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 10/24/22]
2022: Salazar Described Her Immigration Bill's Details According to El Nuevo Herald, "La ley promete revisar el sistema de inmigración de Estados Unidos ofreciendo una vía de residencia legal a los inmigrantes que lleven en Estados Unidos desde al menos julio de 2016 o antes. [...] Los participantes en el Programa de Dignidad tendrían que pasar una verificación de antecedentes penales, pagar impuestos sobre los salarios y pagar $10,000 de restitución durante 10 años al gobierno federal por haber entrado en el país ilegalmente. El proyecto de ley también promete reforzar la frontera sur de Estados Unidos y crear un proceso acelerado para los solicitantes de asilo." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 10/24/22]
Salazar Advocated For Immigration Reform As Part Of Her Agenda According to Miami Herald, 'Salazar also spent much of her first term advocating for immigration reform, a topic drawn to the forefront amid a massive influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, many of whom are fleeing unstable political situations in their home nations.' [Miami Herald, 11/8/22]
Salazar Introduced 'The Dignity Act' Immigration Reform Bill According to Miami Herald, 'A centerpiece of Salazar's platform, an immigration reform bill called "The Dignity Act," has drawn criticism on the left and right. She touted the bill as a "historic and complete plan" that will secure the U.S.-Mexico border and provide a path for citizenship for undocumented immigrants.' [Miami Herald, 11/8/22]
Salazar Stated The Dignity Act Would Move Immigrants 'Out Of The Shadows And Into The Workforce' According to Miami Herald, '"The plan simultaneously takes people out of the shadows and into the workforce," Salazar said during her victory speech.' [Miami Herald, 11/8/22]
January 2023: Rep. María Elvira Salazar Criticized Biden Immigration Plan As Insufficient According to Palm Beach Post, "U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Miami, said in a Fox News interview Jan. 6 that the Biden plan is 'a little tiny Band-Aid on a very big bleedy wound, which is the whole immigration problem.'" [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 1/23/23]
January 2023: Rep. María Elvira Salazar Promoted The Dignity Act For Immigration Reform According to Palm Beach Post, "Salazar said she's ready to work with Democrats and Republicans to push her bill, titled The Dignity Act, which is a 484-page comprehensive immigration reform measure that would allow undocumented immigrants to stay in the country and work legally if they have been here for five years and meet the program's requirements." [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 1/23/23]
May 2023: María Elvira Salazar Introduced Bipartisan Immigration-Reform Bill In Congress According to Miami Herald, "Miami Republican U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar introduced a bill in Congress on Tuesday that she believes addresses the strident issues that for decades have kept the two main political parties apart on immigration reform." [Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar's Bill Sought A Legal Pathway For 12 Million Undocumented Immigrants According to Miami Herald, "The initiative -- which Salazar says is the first bipartisan immigration bill introduced in Congress in the last 10 years --would create a legal pathway for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already inside the United States, while at the same time allocating billions of dollars to increase border security, an effort that would be paid by the immigrants themselves." [Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar Proposed The 'Dignity Status' And 'Redemption Status' Immigration Programs According to Miami Herald, "The program would grant undocumented immigrants authorization to work and live in the United States for seven years, under a program called the 'Dignity Status,' after paying $5,000. After those seven years, immigrants would qualify for 'Redemption Status,' which would lead to citizenship at a cost of another $5,000." [Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Maria Elvira Salazar Introduced Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "Salazar introduced an ambitious immigration-reform bill in Congress that she believes addresses 'the core issues that for decades have kept the two main political parties apart on immigration reform.' [...] Salazar is in there, mixing it up and proposing the first bipartisan immigration bill introduced in Congress in 10 years." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Salazar Introduced Dignity Status and Redemption Status Programs According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "They would be granted residency and work permits to live here under a program called the 'Dignity Status,' but they would have to pay $5,000 to be accepted. After seven years, immigrants would qualify for 'Redemption Status,' which would lead to citizenship at a cost of another $5,000." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
Salazar And Escobar Introduced The Dignity Act In May 2023 According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "On Tuesday, Escobar and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., announced what they called a breakthrough. 'It's called the Dignity Act,' Salazar said." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/23/23]
Salazar Stated The Dignity Act Would Treat Migrants Humanely While Preventing System Abuse In 2023 According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "'We're going to treat you with humanitarian methods, but you're not going to be able to game the system anymore,' Salazar said." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/23/23]
May 2023: María Elvira Salazar Presentó Proyecto De Ley Bipartidista De Reforma Migratoria En El Congreso According to El Nuevo Herald, "la representante federal miamense María Elvira Salazar presentará este martes en el Congreso un proyecto de ley que, en su opinión, aborda los asuntos estridentes que durante décadas han mantenido separados a los dos principales partidos políticos en materia de reforma migratoria." [El Nuevo Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Salazar Dijo Que Su Ley Era La Única Reforma Migratoria Bipartidista Redactada Recientemente According to El Nuevo Herald, '"Y la dignidad es la mejor solución que existe, porque la realidad es que no hay otra reforma migratoria completa que conozcamos que se haya redactado ni en la Cámara ni en el Senado", dijo. "No hay nada que pueda ser aprobado por ambos partidos".' [El Nuevo Herald, 5/23/23]
May 2023: María Elvira Salazar Co-Introduced Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Las representantes estadounidenses María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla), y Verónica Escobar (D-Tex.), presentaron el martes la Ley de Dignidad de 2023 como un vehículo para cerrar la brecha entre los legisladores que exigen fronteras seguras y aquellos que quieren traer a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados de las sombras." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/23/23]
2023: María Salazar Introduced Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill According to an editorial published in El Nuevo Herald, "el martes, Salazar presentó un ambicioso proyecto de ley de reforma migratoria en el Congreso que, según ella, aborda 'los problemas centrales que durante décadas han mantenido a los dos principales partidos políticos separados en materia de reforma migratoria.' [...] Salazar está ahí, mezclándolo y proponiendo el primer proyecto de ley de inmigración bipartidista presentado en el Congreso en 10 años." [Editorial - El Nuevo Herald, 5/25/23]
May 2023: Rep. María Elvira Salazar Co-Sponsored The Bipartisan Dignity Act Immigration Bill According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "The legislation, spearheaded by Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), was unveiled Wednesday, with Republican sponsors wearing blue and some Democratic sponsors in red." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/26/23]
May 2023: Salazar Described The Dignity Act As A Historic Endeavor To Reform Immigration After 36 Years According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "'This Congress has been trying to fix immigration for 36 years,' Salazar said Wednesday, calling the bill a historic endeavor. 'But today it's a new day. And if any other member in both parties wants to work with us, or has a better idea, welcome. We're more than willing to work with them.'" [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/26/23]
2023: María Salazar Sponsored The Dignity Act Immigration Bill According to an opinion piece by Josh T. Smith in South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "It's no surprise that this argument doesn't move Florida Republican Rep. Maria Salazar, one of the Dignity Act's original sponsors." [Josh T. Smith - South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 11/22/23]
2022: María Salazar Challenged Republican Claims That Her Bill Constituted Amnesty According to an opinion piece by Josh T. Smith in South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "In 2022, when an earlier version of the Dignity Act was moving forward, Salazar noted that her fellow Republicans couldn't pinpoint the amnesty in her bill. When she asked them to give her a definition, none of them could." [Josh T. Smith - South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 11/22/23]
2023: María Salazar Emphasized Distinction Between Amnesty And Dignity In Immigration Reform According to an opinion piece by Josh T. Smith in South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "The truth is, as Salazar emphasized at the Dignity bill's original announcement, Republicans are confusing 'amnesty with dignity.'" [Josh T. Smith - South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 11/22/23]
2024: Salazar Introduced Bipartisan Immigration Reform Legislation According to Miami Herald, "In February 2022, Salazar first introduced legislation focused on overhauling the immigration system. Over a year later, she and Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar from Texas introduced a bipartisan version of the 'Dignity Act,' an immigration system overhaul." [Miami Herald, 10/11/24]
María Salazar Proposed Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "She's proposed a bipartisan immigration reform bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants while also protecting the border." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 10/21/24]
2020s: Salazar Introduced Bipartisan Immigration Reform Known As The Dignity Act According to Miami Herald, "Salazar, the Little Havana-born child of Cuban immigrants, is one of the representatives who have made recent efforts to create pathways to citizenship, introducing a bipartisan immigration reform bill known as the Dignity Act." [Miami Herald, 1/31/25]
February 2025: Salazar Advocated For TPS Recipients According to Miami Herald, 'Each of the representatives voiced concerns about the end of the Temporary Protected Status program for Venezuela throughout this past week - including through the release of a joint statement - and they continued to advocate for beneficiaries of the program on Sunday, as it became clear the program will not be extended.' [Miami Herald, 2/2/25]
March 2025: María Salazar Urged Trump Administration To Allow CHNV Immigrants To Apply For Promised Protections According to Miami Herald, 'Let's give them the opportunity to apply for the protections they were promised,' Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar said in a statement Saturday afternoon. [Miami Herald, 3/22/25]
March 2025: María Elvira Salazar Urged Trump Administration To Allow Impacted Immigrants Opportunity To Apply For Promised Protections According to El Nuevo Herald, "'Démosles la oportunidad de solicitar las protecciones que les prometieron', dijo la representante republicana federal María Elvira Salazar en un comunicado el sábado por la tarde." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 3/24/25]
March 2025: Rep. Maria Salazar Sponsored The Dignity Act For Immigration Reform According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "Salazar is sponsoring the Dignity Act, which would provide amnesty to undocumented immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for at least five years, while also requiring them to pay a $5,000 fine." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 3/26/25]
2025: Salazar Asserted Sponsorship Of The Dignity Act As Bipartisan Immigration Reform According to Miami Herald, "Salazar, who has been more vocal about immigration issues and is sponsoring an immigration reform bill, the Dignity Act, pushed back against Fernandez´s letter. 'Who else in Congress has taken on BOTH parties to advocate for those who have no papers, no criminal record, but do the jobs others Americans don't want to do? It's been only me,' she said. 'My whole time in Congress, I have worked across the aisle to fight for my Dignity Act, the only bipartisan immigration reform law in Congress that provides real solutions to our immigration crisis.'" [Miami Herald, 4/16/25]
April 2025: Salazar Claimed To Be The Only Member Of Congress To Confront Both Parties For Undocumented Workers According to El Nuevo Herald, "¿Quién más en el Congreso se ha enfrentado a ambos partidos para defender a quienes no tienen papeles ni antecedentes penales, pero realizan los trabajos que otros estadounidenses no quieren hacer? Solo yo", dijo. "Durante todo mi tiempo en el Congreso, he trabajado con ambos partidos para luchar por mi Ley de Dignidad, la única ley bipartidista de reforma migratoria en el Congreso que ofrece soluciones reales a nuestra crisis migratoria". [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 4/16/25]
Salazar Sponsored The Ley de Dignidad Immigration Reform Bill In Congress According to El Nuevo Herald, "Durante todo mi tiempo en el Congreso, he trabajado con ambos partidos para luchar por mi Ley de Dignidad, la única ley bipartidista de reforma migratoria en el Congreso que ofrece soluciones reales a nuestra crisis migratoria". [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 4/16/25]
2025: María Salazar Claimed to Advocate for Migrants and Promoted Dignity Act According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "Salazar, in response to Fernández's letter, told the Herald: 'My whole time in Congress, I have worked across the aisle to fight for my Dignity Act, the only bipartisan immigration reform law in Congress that provides real solutions to our immigration crisis.' She has also said she's reached out to the Department of Homeland Security to advocate on behalf of those fleeing oppressive regimes and political turmoil." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 4/17/25]
February 2018: Salazar Expressed Desire To Represent Hispanics In District 27 And Take A Centrist Position On Immigration Issues According to El Nuevo Herald, "Salazar se propone ser la voz de esos hispanos desde 'nuestro mundo', el distrito por el que aspiraría, que cuenta con 30 por ciento de republicanos, la misma cantidad de demócratas y un 40 por ciento de independientes. La periodista quiere asumir una posición de centro en la que defendería a los jóvenes de DACA, que no pueden estar separados de sus padres." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/7/18]
2020: Salazar Supported Legal Status For Dreamers, Their Parents, And Other Tax-Paying Immigrants According to El Nuevo Herald, "Además, quiere apoyar no solo a los Dreamers, sino a sus padres y a los inmigrantes que ya están en el país, que trabajan y pagan impuestos, para que tengan un estatus legal." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/21/20]
2020: María Elvira Salazar Supported Legal Status For Dreamers And Their Families According to El Nuevo Herald, "dijo que no solo apoya a los Dreamers, sino a sus padres y a los inmigrantes que ya están en el país, que trabajan y pagan impuestos, para que tengan un estatus legal, un punto que ha defendido a sabiendas de que no coincide con la postura de la mayoría de los republicanos." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 11/3/20]
March 2021: María Elvira Salazar Voted For American Dream and Promise Act According to El Nuevo Herald, "Nueve republicanos votaron a favor de la legislación, incluidos los tres republicanos de Miami en la Cámara: los representantes María Elvira Salazar, Mario Díaz-Balart y Carlos Giménez." [El Nuevo Herald, 3/19/21]
2021: Miami Herald Editorial Board Reported María Salazar Supported Bill Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "Salazar, Gimenez and Miami-Dade's other GOP U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart were among the nine House Republicans who voted for a bill in March to protect Dreamers who were brought to the country illegally when they were younger and provide a potential route to citizenship for TPS recipients." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 6/11/21]
February 2022: Salazar's Bill Included Special Provisions For DACA Recipients (Dreamers) According to Miami Herald, "Participants in the already existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, who entered the U.S. as children and who are commonly referred to as 'Dreamers,' would have multiple tracks for full legal permanent residency under Salazar's bill, including three years of military service and earning a higher education degree." [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
Salazar's Bill Provided Multiple Permanent Residency Paths For DACA Recipients According to El Nuevo Herald, "Los participantes en el programa ya existente de Accion Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia [...] tendrian multiples vias para obtener la residencia permanente legal completa, segun el proyecto de ley de Salazar, incluidos tres anos de servicio militar y ganar un titulo de educacion superior." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
María Salazar's Dignity Act Offered Multiple Legalization Pathways For Dreamers According to Tampa Bay Times, "Los Dreamers, inmigrantes traídos ilegalmente a Estados Unidos cuando eran niños, tendrían múltiples opciones para obtener un estatus legal completo, según la legislación. Estas opciones incluyen obtener un título de una institución de educación superior de EEUU, completar tres años de servicio militar o estar empleado durante al menos 4 años." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/28/22]
2021: Rep. María Elvira Salazar Votó A Favor Del Proyecto De Ley Dreamer De La Cámara According to Tampa Bay Times, "Salazar, uno de los nueve republicanos que votaron a favor del proyecto de ley Dreamer de la Cámara, culpó a los demócratas por prometerles a las comunidades hispanas que habría cambios en el sistema de inmigración durante décadas, pero no los cumplieron." [Tampa Bay Times, 6/16/22]
2023: María Salazar Immigration Bill Included DREAMers And Border Enforcement Funding According to an editorial published in El Nuevo Herald, "Es una propuesta ambiciosa, que ayuda a los indocumentados, incluidos los DREAMers, a legalizarse, y al mismo tiempo asigna miles de millones de dólares para aumentar las patrullas fronterizas." [Editorial - El Nuevo Herald, 5/25/23]
July 2024: Salazar Criticized Biden Administration Immigration Policies According to Tampa Bay Times, "But she added that 'it's very important for everyone to understand what the Biden Administration has allowed in the last four years,' referring to the level of migrants allowed to seek asylum in the U.S. 'This is the worst thing they could have done to the Hispanic community,' Salazar said, saying that the crisis atmosphere has crowded out progress that could have been made on giving 'Dreamers,' or undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, legal status." [Tampa Bay Times, 7/17/24]
2025: Salazar Co-Sponsored American Dream And Promise Act According to Herald-Tribune (Florida), "The American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 has been co-sponsored by 202 members of Congress, including Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, the only Republican to sign on." [Herald-Tribune (Florida), 4/1/25]
May 2023: Salazar Introduced Bipartisan Bill For Undocumented Immigrants' Legal Status According to Tampa Bay Times, "In May 2023, the Miami-area Rep. introduced bipartisan legislation billed as 'providing a dignified solution for undocumented immigrants living in America.' The bill would establish a seven-year 'dignity program' and an optional five-year 'redemption program' to allow people in the U.S. illegally an opportunity to 'work and earn renewable legal status, conditional on good conduct and restitution payments made to the American taxpayer.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 7/17/24]
2024: Salazar Advocated Immigration Parole For Cubans Ineligible For Green Cards According to Miami Herald, "She has also advocated that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas give parole to hundreds of thousands of recently arrived Cuban immigrants who cannot get green cards under the Cuban Adjustment Act because a court decision made them ineligible due to do so because of the kind of paperwork they received at the border." [Miami Herald, 10/11/24]
2022-2023: Salazar Impulsó Acta Bipartidista De Reforma Migratoria According to El Nuevo Herald, "En febrero de 2022, Salazar presentó por primera vez una legislación centrada en la reforma del sistema migratorio. Más de un año después, ella y la representante demócrata Verónica Escobar de Texas presentaron una versión bipartidista de la Dignity Act ('Ley de la Dignidad'), una reforma del sistema migratorio." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/11/24]
Salazar Said Immigration Reform Should Prioritize Criminal Deportation And Legalization For Law-Abiding Residents According to Miami Herald, "In her interview with the Herald, Salazar didn't directly criticize Trump's call to deport all undocumented immigrants, but said that the focus should be on removing 'criminals' from the country. 'Start deporting them and then start taking care of those who have been here for more than five years, who have American children, who do not have a criminal record, who are cleaning the...'" [Miami Herald, 10/11/24]
February 2018: Salazar Said She Would Defend Immigrants From A Republican Perspective If Elected According to El Nuevo Herald, "Salazar dijo en el programa Contacto directo con Roberto Rodríguez Tejera, en la emisora Actualidad 1040 AM, que defenderá la situación de los inmigrantes desde dentro del Partido Republicano." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/7/18]
February 2018: Salazar Described Long-Term Undocumented Immigrants' Contributions To U.S. According to El Nuevo Herald, '"En EEUU hay 11 millones de ilegales. La mitad lleva en el país más de 15 años, y ya han comprado casa, tienen familia y mandan a sus hijos a las escuelas", dijo.' [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/7/18]
February 2018: Salazar Criticized Republican Policy's Impact On Immigrant Families According to El Nuevo Herald, "la periodista cubanoamericana María Elvira Salazar [...] reconoció que el Partido Republicano está en una encrucijada y que no todos las figuras republicanas tienen una postura racista. 'Los hispanos necesitan una silla para hablar de los problemas de inmigración', señaló, afirmando que el presidente Donald Trump habló de expulsar a los 'bad hombres', pero que con la actual política están siendo afectadas personas como las empleadas domésticas." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/7/18]
2018: Salazar Expressed Support For Immigration Reform For Long-Term Undocumented Residents According to El Nuevo Herald, "Esta postura a favor de resolver el drama de muchas familias inmigrantes que llevan más de 10 años viviendo ilegalmente en Estados Unidos pero contribuyendo al país, generó críticas." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/9/18]
2018: Salazar Cautioned Republican Leaders Against Deporting 11 Million People According to El Nuevo Herald, "A su vez contó que ha tenido un mensaje claro para los líderes republicanos sobre los indocumentados. 'Señores, despierten, 11 millones de personas no se pueden deportar'." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/9/18]
February 2018: Salazar Stated Many Undocumented Immigrants Had Built Lives In The U.S. According to El Nuevo Herald, 'En EEUU hay 11 millones de ilegales. La mitad lleva en el país más de 15 años, y ya han comprado casa, tienen familia y mandan a sus hijos a las escuelas', señaló, indicando que 'el sistema se los permitió' y que considera injusto que ahora quieran expulsarlos. [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 3/1/18]
2018: Salazar Addressed U.S. Immigration Policy And Stressed Hispanic Contributions According to El Nuevo Herald, "Hay muchos aspectos en el tema migratorio que son complicados, a juicio de Salazar, quien dijo que ella puede ayudar 'a mi partido de Gobierno, que es mi Partido Republicano, a entender que los hispanos venimos a dar y no a quitar.'" [El Nuevo Herald, 9/24/18]
Correction: María Salazar Supported Legal Status, Not Citizenship, For Long-Time Undocumented Immigrants According to Miami Herald, "Correction: A previous version of this article stated that Salazar would support a path to citizenship for certain groups of immigrants living in the country for long periods of time. She supports a path to legal status for those immigrants." [Miami Herald, 9/26/18]
2018: María Elvira Salazar Apoyó Legalizar A Indocumentados Con Más De 14 Años En EE.UU. Y Sin Antecedentes According to El Nuevo Herald, "De los 12 millones de indocumentados que se encuentran en el país, alrededor de 7.7 millones han estado aquí por más de 14 años, y no tienen prontuarios criminales. A ellos hay que encontrarle un camino a la legalidad, dijo." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/4/18]
October 2018: Salazar Advocated Path To Citizenship For Undocumented Immigrants In Debate According to Miami Herald, "She advocated for a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, criticized the inadequacies of Obamacare (in the district with the most enrollees in the country) and touted the economy -- all between jabs at Shalala's record." [Miami Herald, 10/11/18]
2018: Salazar Supported Trump's Efforts To Restrict Immigration But Not A Wall According to Miami Herald, "She doesn't want to call it 'a wall' but she supports Trump's efforts to shut the door. She also isn't 'sure' Dreamers, their parents, and TPS holders should get a pathway to citizenship but she agrees that they should get some kind of legal status." [Miami Herald, 10/17/18]
October 2018: Salazar Expressed Indecision On Immigration Policy For Dreamers, TPS Holders, And Parents According to El Nuevo Herald, "Tampoco está 'segura' de que los Soñadores (Dreamers), sus padres y los titulares de TPS deban lograr un camino hacia la ciudadanía, pero está de acuerdo en que deben obtener algún tipo de estatus legal." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/22/18]
2018: María Elvira Salazar Called For Review Of Birthright Citizenship Clause In 14th Amendment According to Miami Herald, "Maria Elvira Salazar, the Republican candidate for a hotly contested congressional seat in Miami-Dade County, gave her thoughts on the president's proposal to change birthright citizenship with an executive order. The former broadcast journalist, running for Florida's 27th congressional district seat, said the birthright citizenship of the 14th Amendment should be reviewed, calling it a 'complicated' issue." [Miami Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: María Elvira Salazar Supported Constitutional Respect But Urged Scrutiny Of Birthright Rules According to Miami Herald, "It is also true that this is a country of laws and a country where you have to respect the Constitution and if the Constitution says that people born in this country have to become American citizens, but we have to see which ones, and who they are and under what rules -- not just anyone," she said. [Miami Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: María Elvira Salazar Emphasized Need To Prevent Birthright Citizenship Abuse According to Miami Herald, "The first clause of the 14th Amendment needs to be reviewed, but I think the president is saying what I think my community shares, the fact that we do not want abuses," Salazar said. "The Constitution says very clearly that those that are born here are citizens, but we need to see to what extent." [Miami Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: María Elvira Salazar Opposed Executive Order To End Birthright Citizenship According to Miami Herald, ".@realDonaldTrump, our Constitution is sacred!" she tweeted. "Birthright Citizenship is protected and you cannot change that by executive order. Focus efforts on immigration reform that secures our borders and is true to our legacy of being a nation of immigrants." [Miami Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: María Elvira Salazar Raised Concerns About Foreigners Abusing Birthright Citizenship In South Florida According to Miami Herald, "Salazar and Rubio cited instances of birthright citizenship abuse, when foreigners come to South Florida to give birth before leaving to their home country, as a rationale to consider reforming the policy." [Miami Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: María Elvira Salazar Did Not Support Revoking Existing Citizenship Rights According to Miami Herald, "Salazar said she did not 'want to take any rights away from anybody.'" [Miami Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: Salazar Called For Reviewing Birthright Citizenship Provisions In The U.S. Constitution According to El Nuevo Herald, "la ex periodista de televisión, postulada al Distrito 27 congresual, dijo que el derecho a la ciudadanía por nacimiento consagrado en la Enmienda 14 de la Constitución de Estados Unidos, debe revisarse, calificándolo de un asunto 'complicado'." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: Salazar Stated The Constitution Should Be Respected But Questions Who Qualifies For Birthright Citizenship According to El Nuevo Herald, "También es cierto que éste es un país de leyes donde hay que respetar la Constitución, y si la Constitución dice que las personas nacidas en este país son ciudadanos estadounidenses, hay que ver quiénes son y bajo qué reglas [tienen ese derecho], no sencillamente todos", dijo. [El Nuevo Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: Salazar Clarified Not Wanting To Remove Anyone's Rights On Birthright Citizenship According to El Nuevo Herald, "Salazar dijo que 'no quería arrebatar ningún derecho a nadie'." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: Salazar Publicly Opposed Changing Birthright Citizenship By Executive Order According to El Nuevo Herald, ".@realDonaldTrump, nuestra Constitución es sagrada! El derecho a la ciudadanía por nacimiento está protegido y usted no lo puede cambiar con una orden ejecutiva. Centre sus esfuerzos en la reforma de las leyes de inmigración para asegurar nuestras fronteras y respete nuestro legado de ser una nación de inmigrantes". [El Nuevo Herald, 10/31/18]
2018: Salazar Called For Review Of The 14th Amendment Regarding Citizenship According to Miami Herald, "Salazar said this week that the 14th Amendment 'needs to be reviewed.' 'The Constitution says very clearly that those that are born here are citizens, but we need to see to what extent,' Salazar said." [Miami Herald, 11/3/18]
2020: Salazar Vowed To Be The Voice Of Immigrants In Congress According to El Nuevo Herald, "En cuanto a la inmigración, Salazar dijo que quería ser 'la voz de los inmigrantes' en el Congreso porque es uno de ellos, y que también se valdría de su conocimiento de los países de Centroamérica que cubrió como periodista." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/21/20]
2020: María Elvira Salazar Stated Intent To Represent Immigrants In Congress According to El Nuevo Herald, "ha dicho que quiere convertirse en 'la voz de los inmigrantes' en el Congreso, y desde los inicios de su campaña se mostró a favor de encontrar una solución para los millones de indocumentados que hay en el país." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 11/3/20]
March 2021: Salazar Criticized Democrats' Immigration Bill As Unviable According to El Nuevo Herald, '"Mis colegas demócratas han presentado una ley de reforma migratoria que saben, saben que nunca se convertirá en ley de la manera en que está redactada", dijo Salazar.' [El Nuevo Herald, 3/19/21]
March 2021: Salazar Called For Real Solutions And Dignity For Undocumented Immigrants According to El Nuevo Herald, '"Como hispanos, no queremos más falsas promesas, falsas esperanzas", agregó. "Queremos que esos 11 millones de indocumentados que están aquí sean tratados con dignidad. Pero esto no sucederá si no detenemos la locura en la frontera con soluciones reales y permanentes, no con órdenes ejecutivas".' [El Nuevo Herald, 3/19/21]
2021: Miami Herald Editorial Board Reported María Salazar Advocated for More Welcoming Immigration Strategy According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "two Miami Republicans, freshmen U.S. Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar and Carlos Gimenez, are emerging as new voices on the issue. They are advocating for a 'more welcoming immigration strategy' than the hardline stance promoted by Trump, arguing that it will help the GOP expand the inroads it made with Latino voters last year. They support legalizing undocumented immigrants but offer a harder path than what President Biden and Democrats have proposed." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 6/11/21]
2021: María Salazar Stated Dignity Act Would Offer Path to Citizenship After 10 Years According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, '"I'm offering dignity," Salazar told ABC News in March. "What I'm offering is the art of the possible. I'm offering to bring those people out of the shadows. The ones with (Temporary Protected Status) and everybody who's been here for more than five years, and does not have a criminal record... and then, if they want to become Americans after 10 years, they could do so.' [Editorial - Miami Herald, 6/11/21]
February 2022: Salazar Framed The Bill As Halting Illegal Immigration While Offering Dignity To Undocumented Residents According to Miami Herald, "She said the bill was intended to simultaneously halt new illegal immigration and to provide dignity to undocumented people who are already residing in the U.S." [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
February 2022: Salazar Described Dignity Act Participants' Requirements Including Restitution, Taxes, And Background Checks According to Miami Herald, "Participants in the Dignity Program would have to pass a criminal background check, pay back taxes, start paying income taxes on new wages and pay $10,000 in restitution over 10 years to the federal government for entering the country illegally." [Miami Herald, 2/8/22]
February 2022: Salazar Explicó Que El Proyecto Permitió Camino Legal Para Millones De Inmigrantes Y Aseguró Frontera According to La Prensa, "Se espera que con esta nueva ley, se termine con la inmigraci ón ilegal, y de esta forma asegurar la frontera del país. Lo que permitirá que millones de inmigrantes salgan de las sombras y puedan tener un camino de redención en Estados Unidos." [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/9/22]
February 2022: Salazar Declaró Que 'Ley de Dignidad' Otorgaría Vía A Ciudadanía Y Fondos Para Seguridad Fronteriza According to La Prensa, "El proyecto plantea una manera de darles a los inmigrantes una vía de acceso a la ciudadanía. La cual también los obligaría a pagar por la seguridad fronteriza y a participar en los programas de reciclaje de trabajadores." [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/9/22]
2022: Salazar Required 10-Year Legal Compliance For Path To Citizenship Under Dignity Act According to Tampa Bay Times, "Eligible immigrants must register with the government, then the clock starts ticking. They have 10 years to 'get right with the law,' Salazar said - pass a criminal background check, work or serve as a family caregiver, and pay taxes as well as a special 2 percent levy to fund border security and an electronic identification system." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/17/22]
María Salazar's Dignity Act Proposed Legal Status For Undocumented Immigrants Residing In The U.S. Over 5 Years According to Tampa Bay Times, "La legislación migratoria abre las puertas para poner en marcha un Programa de Dignidad, que permitiría a inmigrantes indocumentados que llevan más de 5 años en Estados Unidos trabajar y permanecer en el país sin riesgo de ser deportados." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/28/22]
María Salazar's Dignity Act Set Conditions For Permanent Residency, Including Background Checks, Tax Payments, And A Payroll Levy According to Tampa Bay Times, "Según la legislación presentada por la congresista cubanoamericana, los participantes deben cumplir con todas las leyes federales y estatales, pasar una verificación de antecedentes penales, pagar los impuestos adeudados y comenzar a pagar impuestos sobre la renta. También se deducirá un gravamen del 2% de los cheques de pago de las personas a las que se les haya otorgado autorización de trabajo para mejorar la frontera de seguridad y hacer que el sistema electrónico federal, o E-Verify, sea obligatorio para el empleo." [Tampa Bay Times, 2/28/22]
María Salazar Supported Immigration Reform With Legalization Pathway for Some According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "She does get credit for trying to push the GOP toward a more compassionate stance on immigration and proposing reforms that would offer a pathway to legal status to some immigrants in the country illegally." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 10/18/22]
María Salazar Reconoció En 2023 El Deseo De Los Inmigrantes De Vivir En Estados Unidos According to La Prensa, "Entendemos que los inmigrantes quieran venir a vivir a la tierra prometida", dijo María Salazar en una entrevista reciente. [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/28/23]
María Salazar Declaró 2023 Que La Inmigración Legal Ordenada Es Positiva Para País Y Su Distrito According to La Prensa, "La inmigración legal ordenada es buena para el país y buena para el Distrito 27", declara María Elvira Salazar. [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 2/28/23]
2023: Salazar Defended Orderly Legal Immigration As Beneficial According to Orlando Sentinel, "Orderly legal immigration is good for the country and good for District 27," Salazar said in a recent interview. [Orlando Sentinel (Florida), 3/1/23]
2023: Salazar Supported Both Border Security And Immigration Overhaul According to Orlando Sentinel, "Salazar, who was backed by Trump and DeSantis, has been vocal about both the need to secure the border and the need to push for an immigration overhaul that gives some status to those who are already in the country illegally." [Orlando Sentinel (Florida), 3/1/23]
2023: Salazar Emphasized Attracting High-Skilled Immigrants According to Orlando Sentinel, "The formula hasn't changed,' Salazar said. 'We want the Albert Einsteins of the world to come and work for us and continue to make this economy strong.'" [Orlando Sentinel (Florida), 3/1/23]
2023: Salazar Supported Orderly Legal Immigration And Immigration Overhaul According to Florida Times-Union, "Salazar, who was backed by Trump and DeSantis, has been vocal about both the need to secure the border and the need to push for an immigration overhaul that gives some status to those who are already in the country illegally." [Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), 3/2/23]
2023: Salazar Advocated For Attracting Skilled Immigrants According to Florida Times-Union, "The formula hasn't changed," Salazar said. "We want the Albert Einsteins of the world to come and work for us and continue to make this economy strong." [Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), 3/2/23]
2023: Salazar Emphasized Good Minds And Orderly Immigration According to Florida Times-Union, 'Orderly legal immigration is good for the country and good for District 27.' Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla. [Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), 3/2/23]
María Salazar Reconoció El Deseo De Inmigrantes De Vivir En EE.UU. En 2023 According to La Prensa, "'Entendemos que los inmigrantes quieran venir a vivir a la tierra prometida', dijo María Salazar en una entrevista reciente." [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 3/3/23]
María Elvira Salazar Afirmó Que La Inmigración Legal Es Beneficiosa Para EE.UU. Y El Distrito 27 En 2023 According to La Prensa, 'La inmigración legal ordenada es buena para el país y buena para el Distrito 27', declara María Elvira Salazar. [La Prensa (Tampa, Orlando, Florida), 3/3/23]
2023: Salazar Proposed $10,000 Pathway to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "Under her proposal, 12 million illegal immigrants could gain a path to citizenship, but it would cost them $10,000 for the privilege. It's an ambitious proposal, helping the undocumented, including DREAMers, become legal, while at the same time allocating billions of dollars to increase border patrols. The immigrants themselves would pay for their own processing." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Salazar Excluded Criminal Convictions from Immigration Pathway According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "This bill would address immigrants who have been living illegally in the United States for more than five years, allowing them to come out of the shadows, with the exception of those who have committed a crime." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
Salazar's Dignity Act Included A Path To Citizenship After Border Verification In 2023 According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "The bill would also create a legal path to citizenship but only after the border is verified to be secure for a year." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/23/23]
2023: Proyecto De Ley De Salazar Propuso Una Vía Legal A La Ciudadanía Para 12 Millones De Inmigrantes Indocumentados According to El Nuevo Herald, 'La iniciativa [...] contempla crear una vía legal a la ciudadanía para los 12 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que se calcula que ya están en el país, al tiempo que destina miles de millones de dólares a aumentar la seguridad fronteriza, un esfuerzo que pagarían los propios inmigrantes.' [El Nuevo Herald, 5/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar Stated Congressional Accountability Requirement for Border Security Certification According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Ella dijo que la Oficina de Responsabilidad Gubernamental tendría que certificar que las fronteras de los Estados Unidos son seguras antes de que los inmigrantes en el programa puedan convertirse en ciudadanos y que cada uno tendría que ir 'al final de la fila' para presentar la solicitud." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/23/23]
2023: María Salazar Proposed Pathway To Citizenship With Financial Requirements For Undocumented Immigrants According to an editorial published in El Nuevo Herald, "Bajo su propuesta, 12 millones de inmigrantes ilegales podrían obtener un camino hacia la ciudadanía, pero les costaría $10,000 por el privilegio. [...] Los propios inmigrantes pagarían por su propio procesamiento." [Editorial - El Nuevo Herald, 5/25/23]
2023: María Salazar's Bill Offered Residency And Work Permits To Long-Term Undocumented Immigrants According to an editorial published in El Nuevo Herald, "Este proyecto de ley abordaría a los inmigrantes que han estado viviendo ilegalmente en los Estados Unidos durante más de cinco años, permitiéndoles salir de las sombras, con la excepción de aquellos que han cometido un delito. Se les otorgarían permisos de residencia y trabajo para vivir aquí bajo un programa llamado 'Estatus de Dignidad', pero tendrían que pagar $5,000 para ser aceptados." [Editorial - El Nuevo Herald, 5/25/23]
2023: María Salazar's Bill Outlined Additional Steps And Costs Toward Citizenship According to an editorial published in El Nuevo Herald, "Después de siete años, los inmigrantes calificarían para el 'Estatus de redención', que los llevaría a la ciudadanía a un costo de otros $5,000." [Editorial - El Nuevo Herald, 5/25/23]
July 2024: Salazar Proposed 'Dignity' For Longtime Undocumented Immigrants, Removal For Recent Arrivals According to Tampa Bay Times, "People who are here for 'more than five years, who have contributed, who have roots in the community, who have American children, who don't have a criminal record, and have been contributing to the economy, maybe we should give them dignity,' Salazar said. For more recent migrants, 'we should pull them by the hair and get them out.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 7/17/24]
2024: Salazar Se Distanció De Posturas De Línea Dura Sobre Inmigración According to El Nuevo Herald, "Las propuestas de inmigración de Salazar [...] contrastan marcadamente con la visión de Trump de deportar a más de 13 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados que viven en Estados Unidos [...] Salazar dijo que el enfoque debería estar en sacar a los 'criminales' del país." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/11/24]
January 24, 2025: Salazar Urged DHS To Protect Non-Criminal Beneficiaries Of Parole Program According to Miami Herald, "On Jan. 24, after the president ended the humanitarian parole program for Nicaraguans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Cubans, Salazar wrote a concerned letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman. She urged the agency to ensure that beneficiaries from the four countries who 'have no criminal record' are 'protected until their cases are fully resolved.' 'I am concerned with how this new guidance may affect individuals in Miami,' she wrote. 'Individuals must be afforded due process.'" [Miami Herald, 1/31/25]
2025: Salazar Called For Balanced Deportation Policies According to Herald-Tribune (Florida), Salazar added it's important to find a balance between deporting those who "truly don't deserve to be here," such as violent criminals and gang members, and "giving dignity" to those who work hard, pay taxes and contribute to the economy. [Herald-Tribune (Florida), 4/1/25]
February 2022: Salazar Required Restitution, Taxes, And Background Checks For Program Eligibility According to El Nuevo Herald, "Los participantes en el Programa Dignidad tendrian que pasar una verificacion de antecedentes penales, pagar impuestos atrasados, comenzar a pagar impuestos sobre la renta sobre nuevos salarios y pagar $10,000 en restitucion durante 10 anos al gobierno federal por ingresar ilegalmente al pais." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
Salazar Proposed Restitution Funds Be Used For American Worker Training According to El Nuevo Herald, "El dinero de la restitucion se destinaria a un nuevo Fondo de Trabajadores Estadounidenses, que pagaria la capacitacion laboral de los ciudadanos estadounidenses." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 2/8/22]
May 2023: María Salazar Stated No Taxpayer Funds Would Be Used For Immigration Pathway According to Miami Herald, Salazar told the Miami Herald, "We are fixing legal immigration (and) it won't cost the taxpayer one cent. It will be fully paid by the people who are here and will be getting" into the pathway set out to legalize their status." [Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar Proposed 1.5% Immigrant Payroll Deduction For Border Security Funding According to Miami Herald, "In addition, immigrants under the Dignity program would have 1.5% of their paychecks deducted for a special fund that would be used to secure the border. That percentage would be deducted in place of the 7% normally taken for Social Security and Medicare, she said." [Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Salazar Claimed Reform Would Not Cost Taxpayers According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, Salazar stated, "We are fixing legal immigration (and) it won't cost the taxpayer one cent. It will be fully paid by the people who are here and will be getting into the pathway set out to legalize their status." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Salazar Afirmó Que El Proyecto De Ley No Costaría Al Contribuyente Y Sería Pagado Por Los Inmigrantes According to El Nuevo Herald, '"Estamos arreglando la inmigración legal (y) no costará ni un centavo al contribuyente", dijo Salazar al Miami Herald. "Será pagado en su totalidad por la gente que está aquí y que va a entrar" a la vía establecida para legalizar su estatus.' [El Nuevo Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Salazar Explicó Que El Proyecto Deduciría 1.5% Del Salario De Inmigrantes Para Un Fondo Fronterizo According to El Nuevo Herald, 'Además, a los inmigrantes bajo el programa Dignidad se les deduciría 1.5% de su salario para un fondo especial que se usaría para asegurar la frontera. Ese porcentaje se deduciría en lugar del 7% que normalmente se toma para la Seguridad Social y Medicare, dijo.' [El Nuevo Herald, 5/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar Specified Border Security Funding from Dignity Program Fees According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "El inmigrante deberá pagar otros $5,000 mientras esté inscrito en el programa Redemption. Ese dinero se utilizará para la seguridad fronteriza, dijo Salazar." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/23/23]
March 2025: Rep. Maria Salazar Stated Her Immigration Plan Received Business Community Support And Did Not Call For Open Borders According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 'No one wanted open borders. No one wanted for years to open borders,' Salazar said, emphasizing that her plan has backing from the business community. [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 3/26/25]
2024: Salazar Supported Trump As 'Only Guy' Who Could Fix Immigration According to Miami Herald, "And she has elevated the issue of immigration reform and amnesty --- while also defending Donald Trump as the 'the only guy who could fix' the country's immigration system." [Miami Herald, 10/11/24]
February 2018: Salazar Advocated For Humane Immigration Solutions Within The Republican Party According to El Nuevo Herald, 'Uno de sus objetivos como republicana es llevar el mensaje a otros miembros de su partido de que hay que buscar una solución humanitaria a la crisis de la inmigración.' [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 3/1/18]
October 2018: Salazar Criticized Both Parties But Especially Democrats On Immigration According to El Nuevo Herald, "Salazar dijo que ambos partidos le han fallado a la comunidad inmigrante, aunque los que más han decepcionado han sido los demócratas." [El Nuevo Herald, 10/13/18]
March 2021: Salazar Stated The Bill Was Not Perfect But Signaled Willingness To Work With Democrats According to El Nuevo Herald, '"No es la factura perfecta", dijo Salazar. "Quiero enviar el mensaje correcto a los demócratas de que estoy dispuesto a trabajar con ellos. Vamos a ver si ahora van a trabajar con nosotros".' [El Nuevo Herald, 3/19/21]
March 2021: Salazar Led Republican Opposition To Democratic Immigration Plan According to El Nuevo Herald, "El miércoles, Salazar encabezó a un grupo de nueve legisladores republicanos en la presentación de un rechazo al plan de inmigración de los demócratas, que calificaron de 'inviable' en medio de una creciente crisis en la frontera sur." [El Nuevo Herald, 3/19/21]
April 2021: Salazar Reiterated Commitment To Proposing Solutions For Affected Cuban Families According to El Nuevo Herald, "'¡Me pueden atacar todo lo que quieran, pero nunca dejaré de proponer soluciones para ayudar a los afectados!', añadió." [El Nuevo Herald, 4/21/21]
2022: Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Contrasted María Salazar's Approach With DeSantis On Immigration According to an editorial published in South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "Unlike DeSantis, though, Salazar at least seeks solutions rather than 'theater' on immigration." [Editorial - South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 3/4/22]
2022: Gainesville Sun Editorial Board Contrasted Salazar's Immigration Approach With DeSantis According to an editorial published in Gainesville Sun, "Unlike DeSantis, though, Salazar at least seeks solutions rather than 'theater' on immigration." [Editorial - Gainesville Sun, 3/12/22]
June 2022: Rep. María Elvira Salazar Se Unió A Manifestación Para Pidir Acción Migratoria En El Senado According to Tampa Bay Times, "Dos republicanos de la Cámara, los representantes María Elvira Salazar de Florida y Dan Newhouse de Washington, también se unieron a la manifestación el miércoles por la mañana para pedir una acción del Senado sobre inmigración." [Tampa Bay Times, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Rep. María Elvira Salazar Criticó A Demócratas Por Falta De Cumplimiento En Reformas Migratorias According to Tampa Bay Times, "´Nos están usando como fichas. Nos están usando como peones. No más', dijo Salazar después del rally. 'Así que ese es el mensaje que le estoy dando al Partido Republicano: Demos la bienvenida a mi gente'." [Tampa Bay Times, 6/16/22]
September 2022: Salazar Demanded Biden Take Action On Immigration In Letter According to Miami Herald, "On Monday, she sent a letter to Biden on immigration, demanding he 'stop pointing fingers and get serious about solving this issue.'" [Miami Herald, 9/22/22]
April 2022: Salazar Claimed Growing Republican Support For Compassionate Immigration Reform According to Miami Herald, "When asked by the Miami Herald during an event in April if she believed her party would be sympathetic to her message on immigration, Salazar, who is from Cuba, said she believed Republicans were 'understanding more and more and more that what I'm saying is the right way to do it.'" [Miami Herald, 9/22/22]
April 2022: Salazar Criticized Democrats On Immigration Reform Promises According to El Nuevo Herald, "Los demócratas han usado a los hispanos al igual que a los afroamericanos, pero no voy a hablar por ellos porque soy morena, soy hispana, sé cuál es mi carril. Nos han usado vilmente, usando el canto de sirena: 'Vota por mí y te daré una reforma migratoria', dijo Salazar durante un evento en abril con la Iniciativa LIBRE en El Atlacatl, un restaurante salvadoreño en La Pequeña Habana." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 10/24/22]
2022: Salazar Claimed Leadership Among Republican Latinos On Immigration Issues According to El Nuevo Herald, "los republicanos se ha dado cuenta de que los hispanos están llegando al partido", insiste Salazar. "Así que saben que soy una de las voces más fuertes dentro del Partido Republicano, diciéndole a los míos que es hora de dar la bienvenida a los morenos". [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 10/24/22]
October 2022: Salazar Responded To DeSantis Migrant Flights Discussion By Redirecting Blame To Biden Administration According to El Nuevo Herald, "En respuesta a una pregunta sobre si apoyaba los esfuerzos de DeSantis para enviar a los migrantes, en su mayoría venezolanos, a Martha's Vineyard y cómo conciliaba la acción con su propio proyecto de ley, Salazar desvió la atención hacia los propios fracasos de Biden en materia de inmigración. [...] 'Voy a ser la voz más fuerte dentro de mi partido y con los demócratas de que es hora de prestar atención a los morenos, a los latinos, a los hispanos, la minoría más grande del país'." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 10/24/22]
January 2023: Rep. María Elvira Salazar Called For Bipartisan Dialogue On Immigration Reform According to Palm Beach Post, "'It's time for us Republicans and Democrats to sit down and fix the immigration mess that we have on the southern border,' Salazar said." [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 1/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar Claimed Her Bill Had Best Chance Of Bipartisan Passage According to Miami Herald, "Salazar said the bill, which has Democratic support, is immigration reform that has the best chance of getting through Congress, given that a bill approved by the Republican-controlled House a couple of weeks ago will most likely be rejected by the Democratic controlled Senate." [Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar Asserted Her Bill Offered The Most Complete Immigration Reform Proposal According to Miami Herald, Salazar said, "And Dignity is the best solution that is out there, because the reality is that there is no other complete immigration reform that we know of that has been written either in the house or in the Senate. There is nothing out there that will pass both parties." [Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Miami Herald Editorial Board Welcomed Salazar's Bipartisan Approach According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "It's good to see that another lawmaker, Miami's U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, is pushing for a solution. [...] That does spell bipartisanship, and it is welcomed." [Editorial - Miami Herald, 5/23/23]
2023: Salazar Explicó Que El Proyecto De Ley Abordó Preocupaciones De Ambos Partidos According to El Nuevo Herald, 'La diferencia entre su proyecto de ley y el anterior, dijo, es que la nueva reforma propuesta aborda las preocupaciones de ambos partidos. "Abarca a todos", dijo.' [El Nuevo Herald, 5/23/23]
2025: Salazar Observed Broad Public Support For Immigration Reform According to Herald-Tribune (Florida), "This has always been a challenging topic, but I believe now is the moment," Salazar told USA TODAY. "Take some time in both Miami and across the country and you'll see that the appetite to fix these problems is very real among the American people." [Herald-Tribune (Florida), 4/1/25]
April 2025: Miami-Dade Democratic Hispanic Caucus Criticized María Elvira Salazar For Failing To Support Immigrants According to Miami Herald, "A new billboard, which is going up on the Palmetto Expressway between Doral and Hialeah, takes aim at Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Reps. María Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, and Mario Díaz-Balart, accusing them of failing to stand up for immigrants at risk of deportation." [Miami Herald, 4/4/25]
April 2025: Abel S. Delgado Accused Salazar And Others Of Turning Their Backs On Immigrant Communities According to Miami Herald, 'Marco Rubio, María Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez y Mario Díaz-Balart have turned their backs on us,' said Abel S. Delgado, president of the Miami-Dade Democratic Hispanic Caucus. 'Rather than standing up for our families, they've stood silently while immigrant communities are targeted, detained, and deported.' [Miami Herald, 4/4/25]
April 2025: Salazar Defended Her Record On Supporting Immigrants In Statement To Miami Herald According to Miami Herald, 'In a statement to the Miami Herald through a spokesman, Salazar said, "Nobody in the United States Congress has fought more for Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans fleeing dictatorship than I have. This is cheap Castro-style propaganda."' [Miami Herald, 4/4/25]
2025: Miami Democratic Hispanic Caucus Accused Salazar Of Betraying Immigrants According to El Nuevo Herald, "Una nueva valla publicitaria, que se instalará en la autopista Palmetto entre Doral y Hialeah, ataca al secretario de Estado Marco Rubio y a los representantes estadounidenses María Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez y Mario Díaz-Balart, acusándolos de no defender a los inmigrantes en riesgo de deportación." [El Nuevo Herald, 4/5/25]
2025: Salazar Claimed To Have Advocated For Immigrants In Congress According to El Nuevo Herald, "En una declaración al Miami Herald a través de un portavoz, Salazar afirmó: 'Nadie en el Congreso de Estados Unidos ha luchado más que yo por los venezolanos, cubanos y nicaragüenses que huyen de la dictadura. Esto es propaganda barata al estilo castrista'." [El Nuevo Herald, 4/5/25]
April 2025: Fernández Publicly Challenged Salazar On Immigration Silence According to Miami Herald, "Fernández told Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Miami U.S. Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart, María Elvira Salazar and Carlos Giménez in an open letter. [...] In the letter, Fernández, a deep-pocketed Coral Gables political donor, said Trump has adopted 'a posture of cruelty' towards immigrants and accused the four politicians of having betrayed the communities they represent by staying silent." [Miami Herald, 4/16/25]
2025: Salazar Avoided Public Confrontation With Trump Administration On Immigration According to Miami Herald, "But she has avoided publicly clashing with the administration on immigration issues, blaming former President Joe Biden instead for the immigrants' predicament in a posting on X that triggered a wave of criticism." [Miami Herald, 4/16/25]
April 2025: Mike Fernández Criticized María Elvira Salazar For Her Silence On Trump's Immigration Policies According to El Nuevo Herald, "En una dura carta, el multimillonario cubanoamericano de la salud, Mike Fernández, instó a los líderes republicanos cubanoamericanos de Miami a plantar cara a la ofensiva migratoria del presidente Donald Trump y alzar la voz, o a 'dar paso a otros que sí puedan'...dijo al secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, y a los representantes estadounidenses de Miami Mario Díaz-Balart, María Elvira Salazar y Carlos Giménez en una carta abierta." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 4/16/25]
Salazar Avoided Public Confrontation With The Trump Administration On Immigration Issues According to El Nuevo Herald, "Pero ha evitado chocar públicamente con la administración sobre estos temas, culpando en cambio al expresidente Joe Biden por la difícil situación en la que se encuentran estos inmigrantes, según una publicación de X que desencadenó una ola de críticas." [El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida), 4/16/25]
2025: María Salazar Blamed Biden for Migrant Predicament According to an editorial published in Miami Herald, "Yet she also attempted to put the blame on Biden, and not Trump, for the predicament Venezuelans, Haitians, Cuban and Nicaraguans are facing, writing on X last month they believed 'in Biden's empty promises.'" [Editorial - Miami Herald, 4/17/25]
2021-2022: Salazar Advocated For Immigration Reform In Congress According to Miami Herald, "Salazar, 60, has spent much of her first term advocating for immigration reform while representing a majority-Hispanic district." [Miami Herald, 8/23/22]
2021-2022: María Elvira Salazar Advocated For Immigration Reform According to El Nuevo Herald, "Salazar, de 60 años, ha pasado gran parte de su primer mandato abogando por la reforma migratoria mientras representaba a un distrito de mayoría hispana." [El Nuevo Herald, 8/23/22]
2023: Editorial Board Recognized María Salazar's Bipartisan Approach And Previous Immigration Legislation Efforts According to an editorial published in El Nuevo Herald, "Salazar misma ha estado en este camino antes, introduciendo una legislación similar que no llegó a ninguna parte. La diferencia entre sus dos proyectos de ley es que la nueva propuesta aborda las preocupaciones de ambas partes.9 Eso significa bipartidismo, y es bienvenido." [Editorial - El Nuevo Herald, 5/25/23]
2021-2025: Salazar Sought Solutions For Cubans With I-220A Under Biden Administration According to El Nuevo Herald, "Como bien saben, durante la administración Biden busqué una solución para los cubanos con I-220A, y no cejaré hasta que ya no sea necesaria [la solución]." [El Nuevo Herald, 3/21/25]
2025: Salazar Urged Practical Immigration Reform According to Herald-Tribune (Florida), "I'm constantly engaging my colleagues in Congress to push forward with practical immigration reform," Salazar said in an email to USA TODAY. "I think this is the most important conversation we need to have at a national level. We need to be honest about how immigration affects American citizens, our job market, our economy, our national security, and our national character." [Herald-Tribune (Florida), 4/1/25]
Salazar Invited Bipartisan Lawmakers To Discuss The Dignity Act According to Miami Herald, 'She invited members of the U.S. House and senators from both parties to discuss The Dignity Act with her, establishing the legislation as a key goal for her second term.' [Miami Herald, 11/8/22]
May 2023: Salazar Called Bipartisan Immigration Proposal Historic According to NBC - 8 WFLA, 'Este es un momento histórico en el que un demócrata y un republicano han decidido trabajar juntos en el difícil tema de la inmigración', dijo Salazar. 'Nuestra intención es traer dignidad a los sectores bajo coacción. Queremos traer dignidad a los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza que están sobrecargados de trabajo, mal pagados y enfrentando una cascada de drogas, terroristas y personas en los últimos años. [...] Y finalmente, dignificar a millones de trabajadores invisibles, la clase indocumentada, ellos merecen respeto.' [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/23/23]
May 2023: Salazar Expected Pushback On The Dignity Act, Including From Republicans According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "Salazar is also expecting pushback, including from those 'in my Republican Party,' noting the bill includes 'tougher measures and higher penalties' than the GOP immigration bill passed earlier this month." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 5/26/23]
2023: Salazar Co-Introduced Bipartisan Immigration Legislation According to Tampa Bay Times, "Recently, she introduced immigration legislation with Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar, burnishing a bipartisan approach that could resonate with voters in her district." [Tampa Bay Times, 6/26/23]