MAGA Base Calls On Trump To Revoke Endorsement Over Baffling Amnesty Betrayal

U.S. Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) is facing intense criticism from President Donald Trump’s base over the most recent push to pass her “DIGNIDAD Act,” a de factor amnesty bill.

If passed, the legislation would provide legal residence status to all individuals who entered the United States illegally prior to the beginning of President Joe Biden’s term in 2021. Illegal aliens would be forced to submit to background checks and pay fines for years stayed in the United States illegally, at which point they would receive legal status .

Salazar has suggested that the bill is a first step towards providing millions of illegal aliens with citizenship in prior comments.

The bill would also accelerate green card handouts, provide pathways to citizenship for foreign students and outright amnesty for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. In total, the bill provides a pathway to citizenship for upwards of 11 million illegal aliens.

Despite widespread unpopularity among the president’s base, Salazar’s bill has garnered 19 Republican co-sponsors as of this report. While Salazar has been pushing the legislation throughout the president’s second term, outrage erupted this past weekend when U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) told Fox News that the bill is gaining momentum and becoming increasingly popular among the Republican conference.

In response, U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) had harsh words for colleagues who have opted to lend support to the bill. “The Dignity Act is mass amnesty and would constitute a terrible betrayal of our voters,” Gill posted on X.

Salazar responded to Gill’s post by claiming that the bill is “America First,” claiming that it would deport any illegal aliens with criminal history. She also explicitly pushed back on the idea of mass deportations — one of President Trump’s central campaign promises — and claimed that any effort to do so would crash the economy.

“The ‘DIGNIDAD Act’ gives legal status to ~12 million illegal aliens, massively increases legal immigration, and expands work visas that replace American workers and undercut wages. Use all the euphemistic generalizations you want, but it’s still an amnesty bill,” Gill shot back. “The reality is that mass migration is wrecking our working class, tearing apart America’s social fabric, and making our communities unrecognizable. And this bill only makes it worse. Our voters want their country back. They voted for mass deportations, and that’s what we owe them.”

An irate Salazar then responded by accusing Gill of not reading the bill, at which point she again pointed to paltry enforcement of a “criminals only” deportation program. “This is enforcement first: zero tolerance for criminals, permanent border security, and hard, earned requirements to step forward and face the law, so American workers are protected, not undercut,” the congresswoman wrote.

“Amnesty is the chaos you’ve defended, millions in the shadows, no control, no accountability, and a system that stopped working a long time ago.
No shortcuts. No giveaways. No blanket forgiveness. That’s law and order. That’s DIGNITY.”

READ. THE. BILL. BEFORE. YOU. OPEN. YOUR. MOUTH.

Calling the DIGNITY Act “amnesty” isn’t just wrong. It’s a deliberate distortion and it exposes just how little you know about the bill.

This is enforcement first: zero tolerance for criminals, permanent border security, and… https://t.co/mWYBWEbup0

— Rep. María Elvira Salazar (@RepMariaSalazar) April 7, 2026

In a follow-up post, Gill described the bill as “two massive middle fingers to the voters who gave President Trump a popular vote victory and handed Republicans a trifecta, all on a platform of mass deportations.”

The exchange comes as segments of the president’s base have urged him to withdraw his endorsement of Salazar, which he gave earlier this year.

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