Borràs served as Catalonia's Minister of Governance and Institutional Relations from June 2015 to October 2017 when she was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence.

[8][9][10][11] She did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections, giving way to Jordi Monrós as the CIU's leading candidate in L'Hospitalet de Llobrega.

[13][14] At the 1999 regional election Borràs was placed 33rd on the CiU's list of candidates in Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 31 seats in the province and as a result she failed to get re-elected.

[16][17] At the 2003 regional election Borràs was placed 28th on the CiU's list of candidates in Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 25 seats in the province and as a result she failed to get re-elected.

[3][25] For the 2015 regional election the CDC joined with Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and other pro-independence parties to form the Junts pel Sí (JxSí) electoral alliance.

Borràs was amongst several CDC MPs who failed to receive nomination at the election as the alliance sought to include independent candidates on its lists.

[26] Borràs remained a member of the Executive Council of Catalonia and January 2016 news President Carles Puigdemont expanded her portfolio to include housing.

[44][45] Almost immediately the Senate of Spain invoked article 155 of the constitution, dismissing Puigdemont and the Catalan government and imposing direct rule on Catalonia.

[46][47] The following day Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy dissolved the Catalan Parliament and called for fresh regional elections on 21 December 2017.

[48][49] On 30 October 2017 Spanish Attorney General José Manuel Maza laid charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds at the Audiencia Nacional against Puigdemont, Borràs and other members of the Catalan government.

[52] Borràs, Puigdemont and four other Catalan ministers (Dolors Bassa, Antoni Comín, Joaquim Forn and Meritxell Serret) arrived in Belgium on 30 October 2017.

[57] On 2 November 2017 Audiencia Nacional judge Carmen Lamela remanded in custody Borrás and seven other Catalan ministers (Bassa, Forn, Oriol Junqueras, Carles Mundó, Raül Romeva, Josep Rull and Jordi Turull) as she considered them a flight risk.

[64][65] They were allegedly handcuffed behind their backs without seat belts in a van going very fast, forced to listen to the Spanish national anthem on a loop and threatened by their guards.

[72][73][74] On 4 December 2017 Llarena released, after 32 days in prison, six of the ministers (Bassa, Borrás, Mundó, Romeva, Rull and Turull) on bail of €100,000 but ordered that their passports be confiscated.