# GOP congresswoman breaks with Trump on immigration

> Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar says Trump's deportation efforts have gone too far and Hispanic voters feel betrayed.
- Title: GOP congresswoman breaks with Trump on immigration · CBS News
- Summary: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar says Trump's deportation efforts have gone too far and Hispanic voters feel betrayed. Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of…
- Keywords: maria elvira salazar, donald trump, immigration enforcement, 2026 midterm elections, florida, hispanic voters, eliott rodriguez, news, GOP, congresswoman, breaks, Trump
- Source: CBS News — https://cbsnews.com/news/maria-elvira-salazar-trump-immigration-ad-gone-too-far
- Author: Kathryn  Watson
- Published: 2026-09-18T01:44:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: maria elvira salazar, donald trump, immigration enforcement, 2026 midterm elections, florida, hispanic voters, eliott rodriguez, news
## Salazar breaks with Trump on immigration
Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida released a campaign ad warning President Trump that some immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far.
## Hispanic voters feel betrayed, Salazar says
Salazar, who is Cuban-American, told Trump that the same Hispanic voters who helped elect him in twenty twenty-four now feel betrayed by his immigration policies.

> The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.
## July detention data cited in ad
Salazar pointed to July figures showing fifty percent of fifty thousand people detained had no criminal record, arguing Trump's advisers are misleading him on immigration policy.

> In July, 50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record.
## Salazar's district is heavily Hispanic
Salazar represents a Miami-area Republican-leaning district where nearly three-quarters of the population is Hispanic, according to Census Bureau data.
## Salazar faces Democratic challenger
Salazar, in Congress since twenty twenty-one, is running for reelection against Democratic candidate Eliott Rodriguez, a former news anchor for CBS News Miami.
## Rodriguez attacks Salazar's record
Rodriguez criticized Salazar's message, saying she votes contrary to immigrant advocacy despite portraying herself as a champion of immigrants and part of Trump's agenda.

> She tries to paint herself as an advocate and a champion of immigrants, but she votes contrary to that.
## Key takeaway

Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida publicly criticized President Trump's immigration enforcement in a campaign ad weeks before midterm elections.