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The Dignity Act, a bipartisan bill filed by a Congressional group led by US Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), is receiving renewed attention as the US’ immigration crisis ensues. Originally filed by Representatives Salazar and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) in 2023, the Dignity Act would significantly reform US immigration law. Since being filed, the bill has […]
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) are reigniting a push to demand the ‘Tren de Aragua’ gang be designated as a transnational crime group. Senator Rubio and Representative Salazar had previously requested such designation last March via letter to President Joe Biden. Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s largest gang with […]
US Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) are demanding the Biden administration refuse the Visa application of a Cuban official. Rosabel Roca Sampedro, a former Cuban prosecutor, is reportedly attempting to enter the US by seeking asylum. Sampedro is infamously known for requesting prison sentences for protestors participating in […]
The US House of Representatives has unanimously passed Representative Maria Elvira Salazar’s (R-FL) Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act. The Act will honor sixty diplomats who saved the lives of Jews fleeing the Nazi regime. Additionally, the bill recalls the importance of such diplomats for ensuring the safety of Jewish individuals and […]
US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) is claiming the US Small Business Administration (SBA) has created initiatives to register voters in the swing state of Michigan. Representative Salazar questioned witnesses on the matter during a Committee on Small Business hearing. “The evidence is pointing to the Biden Administration using taxpayer money illegally to increase their chances […]
US Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and numerous other US lawmakers and officials attended El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration over the weekend. Both Representatives Salazar and Gaetz personally greeted and congratulated President Bukele. Bukele has been credited for leading a historic crime crackdown in the country, turning El Salvador from a […]
US Representative Maria-Elvira Salazar (R-FL) published a letter alongside Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH) denouncing alleged State Department and US Agency on International Development (USAID) overreach in Guatemala. According to Representative Salazar, the State Department and USAID have attempted to pressure Guatemalan officials into backing political initiatives supported by the Biden Administration. “Officials from the U.S. […]
Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) introduced the American Flag for American Aid Act, alongside Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), James Baird (R-IN), and Mike Lawler (R-NY). The bill requires that foreign aid from the United States be marked with the American flag so that its origin is apparent to those who receive it. The Florida congressman […]
US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) recently unveiled $3 million in federal funding she secured for Miami-Dade College. Representative Salazar presented the aid during a job fair she hosted at Miami Dade College’s Padrón Campus in Little Havana. The money will fund Miami-Dade College’s (MDC) renovation efforts seeking to turn their newly acquired Dyer Federal Courthouse […]
US lawmakers have denounced Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro allegedly ordering for the extrajudicial detainment of Venezuelan journalists living abroad. Dictator Maduro’s regime carries a ghastly repertoire of unlawful detainments, extrajudicial killings, tortures, and kidnapping of regime dissidents and political opponents. Most recently, Colombian-Venezuelan journalist Orlando Avendaño, a public critic of Maduro’s regime, suffered a government […]
Floridian lawmakers continue to demonstrate their unrelenting support for Israel as relations between the Jewish state and President Joe Biden’s administration dwindle. Last week, President Biden allowed the United Nations Security council to approve a ceasefire resolution failing to condemn Hamas. Biden’s administration has also sanctioned certain Israeli individuals and companies and warned of additional […]
US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) called for President Joe Biden to order US forces directly intervene in the ongoing security crisis in Haiti. Haiti has been rocked by widespread gang violence in recent years, but gang-violence has reached unprecedented levels in the last months. Representative Salazar criticized President Biden for allegedly allowing the “humanitarian and […]
Florida legislators are urging colleagues support the passage of the Denying Earnings to the Military Oligarchy in Cuba and Restricting Activities of the Cuban Intelligence Apparatus (DEMOCRACIA) Act. The DEMOCRACIA Act, originally introduced by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), would levy sanctions on nefarious Cuban actors and provide access to uncensored internet on the island. The […]
South Florida Lawmakers voiced their support for Cuban pro-freedom demonstrations as scores of Cuban citizens took to the streets on Sunday to protest governmental human rights abuses. Thousands of Cubans publicly expressed their disdain for the present communist regime’s repression of fundamental freedoms as well as the dire economic crisis ravaging the island. The protests […]
The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) led a hearing into ‘The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America’ late last week. During the hearing, Representative Salazar questioned Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt on the matter. Ambassador Lipstadt is an expert on antisemitism and has led efforts to advance […]
US Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), and Carlos Giménez (R-FL) held a press conference to claim Cuba must remain on the US State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The press conference comes at the heels of a recent trip to Cuba by some Democrat lawmakers. Last week, representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) […]
The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs announced it will hold a hearing into ‘The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America’ next Thursday, March 7th. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Chairwoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) will lead the hearing. Representative Salazar has been a staunch critic of the reaction of several Latin American countries to […]
Three U.S. lawmakers from the state of Florida nearly caused another embarrassing loss for House Republicans as the lower chamber voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a tally of 214-213. The three representatives in question – Representatives Brian Mast (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) – were not present […]
