María Elvira Salazar
U.S. Representative, Florida's 27th District (Miami) · R-FL-27 · 📍 All of Florida's Republicans
🚨 RINO Alert 🏛️ In office
In office since 2021. On the ballot November 3, 2026.
Author of the Dignity Act: legal status for millions of illegal immigrants.
📋 The short version
Salazar wrote the Dignity Act, which would give illegal immigrants who arrived before 2021 seven years of renewable legal status and work permits. She signed the Democrats' discharge petition on TPS for Haitians and voted for it, and she voted with Democrats on the Obamacare subsidies.
🗳️ How María Elvira Salazar voted on the key votes
5 of 16 votes cast with the Democrats (weighted: 35.5%). Votes against the MAGA side are listed first.
🔁 Other times María Elvira Salazar broke ranks
Recent party-line votes where most Republicans voted one way, most Democrats the other, and María Elvira Salazar joined a small group of Republicans on the Democratic side.
- Apr 16, 2026 On Agreeing to the Resolution (HRES965): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status Voted Yea, one of 7 Republicans · Passed Record ↗
- Apr 15, 2026 On Motion to Discharge (HRES965): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status Voted Yea, one of 6 Republicans · Passed Record ↗
📌 On the record
- Jul 15, 2025 Introduced the Dignity Act of 2025 (H.R. 4393) with Democrat Veronica Escobar. Congress.gov ↗
- Feb 2, 2026 Signed the Democrats' discharge petition on TPS for Haitians on February 2, 2026. Florida Politics ↗
“No more need to choose between amnesty or deportation. The Dignity bill is the answer!”
⚖️ In fairness: their side
Salazar says the Dignity Act is not amnesty because it gives no citizenship and no federal benefits, and immigrants must pay $7,000 in restitution.