A Florida Republican congresswoman, who has been vocal about opposing aggressive immigration enforcement, warned President Trump that some of his advisers are undermining his political goals by failing to present a complete perspective on key issues. In a recent interview, she urged the president to avoid alienating Hispanic voters, framing her concerns around his push for a sweeping deportation effort. While she directed her criticism at administration officials, her remarks highlighted tensions over the president’s hardline immigration stance. The comments come as she faces a competitive re-election campaign.
Florida’s María Elvira Salazar warns Trump that advisers are ‘compromising his legacy’ and not showing ‘whole picture’María Elvira Salazar, the Republican congresswoman who has accused the president of going too far on immigration enforcement, doubled down on her criticism of the administration on Sunday, warning Donald Trump that some of his advisers were “compromising his legacy”.In an interview with CBS News’s Face the Nation, the Florida representative who is locked in a tight race for re-election pleaded with the US president not to “squander” his relationship with Hispanic voters. Though she couched her remarks as criticism of top administration advisers, it was clear that her focus was on Trump’s much-vaunted ambition to carry out the largest mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in US history. Continue reading...
