Maria Elvira Salazar

"People in this district know me because they invited me into their home every night to present the news in a fair and objective fashion, and I worked hard to earn their trust," Rodriguez told Glenna Milberg, host of WPLG-10’s This Week in South Florida.

Appearing on WPLG-10’s “This Week in South Florida” show, hosted by Glenna Milberg, Peguero said he entered the race a year ago because he was worried about the direction of the country under President Donald Trump.

U.S. Rep.'s María Elvira Salazar, R-Miami, Mario Díaz-Balart R-Miami, Carlos A. Giménez, R-Miami, and Christopher H. Smith, R-New Jersey, sent a joint letter to top Trump Administration officials demanding immediate action against the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos.

The U.S. Supreme Court vote to protect birthright citizenship in a landmark ruling was welcomed by elected officials on both sides of the aisle in Florida — although Democrats were much more vocal, with messages of cautious joy.

Members of South Florida's congressional delegation joined Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in a chorus of solidarity following news late Wednesday of two devastating back-to-back earthquakes striking Venezuela.

Two South Florida Republican lawmakers joined with Democrats on Thursday to push forward a bill in the House that would reinstate Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for 350,000 Haitians in the United States.

U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., wants to overhaul the U.S. immigration system by providing legal pathways for certain immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Republican critics say her bill is too lenient, calling it "mass amnesty."PolitiFact and WLRN analyze whether this legislation would amount to amnesty.

While most lawmakers on Capitol Hill were focused on President Trump and the U.S. military strikes against Iran over the Easter break, conservative groups launched a surprise offensive against a bipartisan immigration reform bill in Congress, creating a wave of attacks against the plan introduced by U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Miami.

Former CBS4 anchorman Eliott Rodriguez confirms he's running for the seat of Miami Republican Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar — raising the prospect of an unusually competitive race in Florida's 27th District.

Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a key figure in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment investigation, is joining a crowded field of Democratic candidates seeking to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar.

“As the Cuban regime enters its final hour, the cry for freedom is no longer a whisper. It is a roar,” said Salazar, a daughter of Cuban exiles, in a statement late Monday. “Rosa María Payá embodies the moral courage this dictatorship has tried to crush for decades and failed to extinguish."

Recently retired CBS4 news anchorman Eliott Rodriguez told WLRN "I am seriously considering" a Democratic challenge for GOP Miami Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar's seat this year — and immigration is a key reason.