{"id":2699258,"date":"2026-11-05T14:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignturns-out-dangling-amnesty-in-front-of-illegals-wont-win-over-minorities-to-the-republican-party\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:35:17","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignturns-out-dangling-amnesty-in-front-of-illegals-wont-win-over-minorities-to-the-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignturns-out-dangling-amnesty-in-front-of-illegals-wont-win-over-minorities-to-the-republican-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangling Amnesty In Front Of Illegals Won&#8217;t Win Over Minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignturns-out-dangling-amnesty-in-front-of-illegals-wont-win-over-minorities-to-the-republican-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2699258&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar backed the DIGNIDAD Act, a seven-year amnesty for undocumented immigrants, saying Republicans need Hispanic votes. Eight GOP co-sponsors lost their races and Salazar narrowly avoids defeat, triggering a recount. Critics say amnesty alienated Republican voters even though exit polls showed immigration favored Republicans as an issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >opponents argue legalizing undocumented immigrants undermines<\/a> U.S. sovereignty and rewards lawbreaking, warning that adding beneficiaries could weaken future enforcement and cost the party support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar had a plan to keep Republicans winning elections: offer amnesty to illegal aliens. Well, eight Republicans who co-sponsored her legislation to do just that might want a word with her.<\/p>\n<p>Eight republicans who co-sponsored the mass amnesty legislation known as the DIGNIDAD Act <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Homeland_PAC\/status\/2118044595192045788?a=yt5fhHDlvFugiRgNXYI&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost<\/a> their congressional races Tuesday. It appears that Salazar herself will barely survive alongside two other co-sponsors despite her insistence that mass amnesty and pandering to immigrants would be the best way for Republicans to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone in leadership agrees and knows that you need a voting bloc called the Hispanics to vote GOP. Otherwise we\u2019re not going to continue winning elections,\u201d Salazar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/12\/maga-immigration-dignity-act-00868493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a Politico interview earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/09\/here-are-the-8-most-insane-things-in-the-dignidad-amnesty-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DIGNIDAD Act <\/a>would create a <a href=\"https:\/\/problemsolverscaucus.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seven-year program<\/a> for illegal aliens who evaded our laws before Dec. 31, 2020, to get to stay. Illegals with DUI or DWI convictions could stay, while other illegal aliens can have their deportation proceedings halted while applications are pending. Illegal aliens already deported can apply to return to the U.S. if they were deported but would have otherwise been eligible for this amnesty under the provisions of the bill. Salazar <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/22\/path-to-citizenship-gop-rep-leading-mass-amnesty-bill-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted <\/a>her legislation is the launch pad of eventual citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar\u2019s pitch effectively suggested that if illegal aliens get to stay, Republicans would get to keep their seats. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/11\/democrats-promise-to-turn-illegal-aliens-into-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats Promise To Turn Illegal Aliens Into Voters<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Reps. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., David Valadao, R-Calif., Gabe Evans, R-Colo., Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, Jen Kiggans, R-Va., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Young Kim, R-Calif., were sent packing Tuesday by voters even though they were assured that selling out America\u2019s sovereignty was a good way to stay in office.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Republican Mike Carey, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc4i.com\/news\/politics\/2-ohio-republicans-break-ranks-to-extend-temporary-protections-for-haitian-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a> to extend protections for Haitians with Temporary Protected Status after the Trump administration finally decided to enforce the \u201ctemporary\u201d part of the status, lost to Democrat Don Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>An X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/2118084340596846608?a=vNHfJ9dBzTwz821raIs&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> from Ryan James Girdusky offered an account of one Republican voter in Carey\u2019s district who voted against Carey, saying, \u201c[Carey] should find a Haitian to vote for him if he wants them so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s just the account of one voter, it raises the question: How many Republican voters are politicians willing to alienate when chasing votes from people who don\u2019t even turn out for them? Trump was elected with a mandate to carry out mass deportations. Democrats wanted mass amnesty, but having Republicans work within the Republican Party to undermine the president\u2019s immigration mandate was counterproductive and harmful \u2014 yet they did it anyway to attempt to save their seats.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrn.org\/government-politics\/2026-11-03\/salazar-rodriguez-27th-recount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">had a mere<\/a> 1,116-vote lead over her Democrat challenger Eliott Rodriguez, triggering an automatic recount.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar\u2019s response to her potential narrow victory? Republicans should take <em>more<\/em> of her advice. In a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/en.cibercuba.com\/noticias\/2026-11-04-u1-e199894-s27061-nid344848-maria-elvira-salazar-voto-hispano-castigo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>, Salazar blamed the Hispanic backlash on the deportation of illegal aliens as well as the economy and urged Republicans to \u201cchange course\u201d on both. <\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2118004988433641835?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> in a Wednesday post-mortem that there would be a renewed pitch for amnesty after Tuesday\u2019s losses. \u201cExpect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. \u2026 But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.\u201d And Vance is right, the idea that \u201camnesty\u201d would have saved Republicans doesn\u2019t comport with the data.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Tuesday\u2019s wipeout for Republicans, voters gave Republicans an edge on one thing: immigration. An <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PollTracker2024\/status\/2117751085976924422?a=bHnKGKWWLCMH2jInTpM&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News exit poll<\/a> shows that 44 percent of voters said GOP \u201cis better able to handle immigration\u201d compared to just 40 percent who said Democrats. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/05\/post-election-data-immigration-is-a-winning-issue-for-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> showed that when asked how important immigration policies were in deciding who to vote for, 73 percent of voters said immigration was a \u201ccrucial or a major factor\u201d and among those, Republicans won 51 percent to 47 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also seemingly were aware that their opposition to enforcing immigration law was not a winning message ahead of the elections, with an Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/11\/03\/republican-campaign-ads-trump-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> finding that \u201cICE\u201d was the third-most featured policy topic in Democrat primary ads for 2026 but that when it came to the general election, it was ranked 35th among policy issues talked about in Democrat ads. Instead, Democrats focused on health care and inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Salazar thinks that Republicans\u2019 path back to power runs through legalizing illegal aliens. <\/p>\n<p>Hispanic voters in U.S. House races backed Democrats 60 percent to 35 percent, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.fnnews.com\/news\/202611041631509445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to an NBC News exit poll. Salazar and her allies literally offered legalization of illegal aliens and still lost. In fact, what\u2019s clearer now than ever is that importing Third Worlders \u2014 whether from Mexico, Haiti, Venezuela, or any other foreign country \u2014 makes America the Third World in its policies and politicians, with socialists sweeping races nationwide thanks in part to large support from foreigners and their descendants who are apparently incapable of self-governance.<\/p>\n<p>So why should Americans want <em>more <\/em>of that? And why should Republicans be the ones to give Americans more of that?<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Americans should consider where Salazar and other RINOs\u2019 argument leads. Republicans are told they can\u2019t enforce immigration law because doing so could anger illegal aliens\u2019 voting friends and relatives. The proposed solution then is to let those illegal aliens stay. But if the vote of the friends and family of illegal aliens requires Republicans to literally abandon the law and U.S. sovereignty, why would adding the beneficiaries of said policy make the country better or the party freer to enforce the law in future years if it\u2019s already being held hostage by foreigners?<\/p>\n<p>If the price of a vote is agreeing not to enforce America\u2019s borders or laws, it\u2019s a price Republicans should refuse to pay \u2014 and the Republicans that were willing to pay that price have been taught that now.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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