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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 鈥� although Democrats were much more vocal, with messages of cautious joy.

Members of South Florida's congressional delegation joined Venezuelan opposition leader Mar铆a 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 SA国际传谋 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 Mar铆a Elvira Salazar 鈥� 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鈥檚 first impeachment investigation, is joining a crowded field of Democratic candidates seeking to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar.

鈥淎s the Cuban regime enters its final hour, the cry for freedom is no longer a whisper. It is a roar,鈥� said Salazar, a daughter of Cuban exiles, in a statement late Monday. 鈥淩osa Mar铆a Pay谩 embodies the moral courage this dictatorship has tried to crush for decades and failed to extinguish."

Recently retired CBS4 news anchorman Eliott Rodriguez told SA国际传谋 "I am seriously considering" a Democratic challenge for GOP Miami Congresswoman Mar铆a Elvira Salazar's seat this year 鈥� and immigration is a key reason.

The lone South Florida Republican to join Democrats was U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, of Miami, whose congressional district has one of the highest ACA enrollment rates in the country.

South Florida lawmakers, who have long been united in their bipartisan condemnation of the Venezuelan regime led by President Nicol谩s Maduro, on Saturday morning applauded the Trump administration, and U.S. military and U.S. law enforcement authorities, for capturing the 鈥渘arco-terrorist鈥� and bringing him to justice in the U.S.

All eight Florida congressional Democrats, including South Florida鈥檚 five U.S. Representatives, voted in favor of two resolutions to invoke the War Powers Act of 1973, which was intended to reassert congressional power over the declaration of war.