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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the federal government’s first responsibility is defense of the American people, which includes securing the nation’s borders.  She is a strong proponent of strengthening border security and the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.  The Senator does not believe in rewarding those who enter the country illegally.

The Senator supports the implementation of a nationwide E-Verify system to ensure a legal workforce and enable American jobs to be filled by legal American workers.


LEGISLATIVE SESSION--Border Security

LEGISLATIVE SESSION--Border Security

Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 205
(Senate - December 13, 2023) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today to once again call 
attention to the crisis at our southern border--the very crisis the 
Biden administration refuses to acknowledge and in...

BORDER SECURITY

BORDER SECURITY

Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 16
(Senate - January 25, 2023) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I started the new year by joining 
Senator Blackburn of Tennessee and our new colleague Senator Britt of 
Alabama on a recent tour of the Del Rio Border Sector in Texas.

  We...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON JUSTICES CHAMBERLIN AND MAXWELL

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON JUSTICES CHAMBERLIN AND MAXWELL

Click here to watch their full remarks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today released a joint statement on Mississippi Supreme Court Justices Robert Chamberlin and James Maxwell, whose nominations to the Northern District of Mississippi were considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday: 

“We wholeheartedly support Justices Maxwell and Chamberlin’s nominations to...

SCREWWORMS ARE BACK AND CONGRESS MUST ACT | OPINION

SCREWWORMS ARE BACK AND CONGRESS MUST ACT | OPINION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is an op-ed piece penned by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) regarding the threat of the New World Screwworm spreading into the United States.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, is working with colleagues to address the challenge.

Read the online version of the op-ed, which was published by the Wa...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ PASSAGE

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ PASSAGE

Senate Approves Massive Tax and Spending Cuts, Along with Major Border, Defense, and Agriculture Investments

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on Senate Passage of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement following her vote for Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR.1), the budget reconciliation vehicle for expanding...

HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR MAKING SEXUAL VIOLENCE A DEPORTABLE OFFENSE

HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR MAKING SEXUAL VIOLENCE A DEPORTABLE OFFENSE

Miss. Senator Again Sponsors ‘BE GONE Act’ to Change Immigration Law to Expedite Deportation of Sexual Predators

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has renewed her commitment to correct a shortcoming in the nation’s immigration laws by classifying sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence as felonies that would trigger deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of those crimes.

Hyde-Smith is...

Sen. Cruz Reintroduces the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act

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Sen. Cruz Reintroduces the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act

"Sanctuary cities continue to defy the law by releasing dangerous criminals back into our communities instead of turning them over to federal immigration authorities."

By Gilbert Rodriguez

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. The bill would allow local law enforcement to cooperate...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILLS TO STOP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM FUNDING SANCTUARY CITIES

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILLS TO STOP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM FUNDING SANCTUARY CITIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week cosponsored a pair of bills aimed at cutting off federal funding for so-called sanctuary cities and other jurisdictions that hinder the enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, is an original cosponsor of the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (S.707)...