Maria Elvira Salazar Wins Florida 27 Primary as 54% Foreign-Born District Tests Trump Deportation Line
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Maria Elvira Salazar Wins Florida 27 Primary as 54% Foreign-Born District Tests Trump Deportation Line
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Summary
Incumbent Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar advanced Tuesday in Florida’s 27th Congressional District, defeating Miami attorney Michael Arias in the Republican primary.
Salazar prevailed while breaking with Donald Trump on mass deportations, backing tougher border enforcement but also a pathway to legal status for some immigrants already in the U.S. illegally.
Arias ran as a political outsider focused on the deficit, inflation, housing, property-insurance costs and public safety, while calling for deportations centered on violent criminals and carried out more humanely.
Florida’s 27th — spanning parts of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach — has about 428,000 foreign-born residents, or roughly 54% of its population, helping explain immigration’s central role in the race.
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