Billboard criticizing 4 Republican politicians over immigration launches in South Florida

The Miami-Dade Democratic Hispanic Caucus launched a county-wide billboard campaign targeting four Republican politicians who they mentioned are betraying immigrants in South Florida The billboards are located above the Palmetto Expressway near Northwest th Street They display the faces of U S Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U S Congressional Representatives Mar a Elvira Salazar Carlos Gim nez and Mario D az-Balart with the word traitors next to them The message is overall the same Protect our immigrants protect the American dream announced Abel S Delgado president of the Miami-Dade Democratic Hispanic Caucus The representatives that this public sent to Washington to represent us are not listening to us We need to tell them as loudly as achievable so hopefully they will listen to us The billboard campaign comes as more than half a million Cubans Nicaraguans Haitians and Venezuelans face the loss of their legal status in the United States as part of President Donald Trump s ongoing crackdown on immigration And now when they see over half a million of our people immigrants our region being forced out they re not saying anything disclosed Delgado Over the weekend dozens gathered outside El Arepazo in Doral as temporary protected status for more than Venezuelans was set to expire Monday However U S District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco stopped the revocation last week I especially thank the fact that Judge Chen protected Venezuelans disclosed activist Mari Carina Vega Delgado disclosed the caucus feels as though the Gang of Four as they call them has neglected their constituents We cannot send Venezuelans back to Maduro s dictatorship he declared Delgado stated the billboard is just the beginning as the caucus mentioned more are set to pop up across the country News reached out to Rubio and the congressional representatives for comment but have not heard back