Trump Endorses Congresswoman At Center Of Amnesty Fight

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has again endorsed a Republican congresswoman leading the fight for amnesty on the Right.

“Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar is doing a truly fantastic job representing the wonderful people of Florida’s 27th Congressional District,” the president said in a Truth Social post on Monday evening. “A former news anchor and political reporter, Maria knows the Wisdom and courage required to confront the corrupt Fake News, which seeks to divide and destroy our great country.”

The president praised Salazar for working hard to “grow our economy, cut taxes and regulations, promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Support our Brave Military/Veterans, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.”

This marks the second time this cycle that the president has endorsed Salazar, who has authored three versions of the so-called Dignity Act since 2022, legislation that offers legal status, full work authorization, and protection from deportation for illegal immigrants who have been in the United States since prior to 2021.

The most recent version of the “Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream Act” is dubbed the “DIGNIDAD Act” and includes a path to “lawful permanent resident status” for illegal immigrants — including those with “deferred action for childhood arrival (DACA) status.”

Salazar also co-sponsored the reintroduced Farm Workforce Modernization Act, legislation creating “certified agricultural worker” status for illegal immigrants working on farms as well as an eventual paid path to get a green card. In addition, she added her name to the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act, H.R. 9535 (SAWA), which allows illegal immigrant workers who are already in the United States to obtain legal H-2A status and waives their past immigration violations.

The DIGNITY Act is not amnesty — it’s a legal work status that benefits all of us. pic.twitter.com/2d1Y90fTjL

— DIGNITY (@dignityactus) April 8, 2026

“We’re losing thousands and thousands of workers,” she argued in June 2025, reacting to President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts. “What the ICE leadership has called ‘collateral damage.’ And most of those people are working in three main sectors. Construction, hospitality, and agriculture.”

“What is the growth effect on the economy of this type of removal of people, of hands being removed from those three main top sectors?” she asked.

The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the topic. Natalie Baldassarre, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, told The Daily Wire that Salazar has the president’s full support.

“President Trump’s endorsement remains the most powerful tool in electing strong Republicans,” she shared on Tuesday. “Congresswoman Maria Salazar has the President’s complete and total endorsement, and Republicans are united behind his America First agenda and ready to keep Florida red up and down the ballot.”