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Right-wing media lash out at "The Dignity Act," a bipartisan immigration bill, and attack its GOP co-sponsor

Media Matters for America · Media Matters for America · last updated

On July 15, Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) introduced the bipartisan “Dignity Act of 2025.” The bill aims to grant undocumented immigrants who have been in the country since 2021 up to seven years of legal status. 

Right-wing media attacked the bill as “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants, called for Salazar and GOP co-sponsors to be primaried, and in some cases launched attacks on Salazar that focused on her ethnicity and that she spoke Spanish at a public event.

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