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.
HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ACTION TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE CRACKDOWN
HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ACTION TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE CRACKDOWN
Hyde-Smith Says Recent Tragedies Underscore Need for Federal, State Attention to Illegal Immigrants Driving Commercial Vehicles
VIDEO CLIP: Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses CDL Public Safety Issues.
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Delivers Speech on Abuse, Fraud in Issuing Commercial Driver’s Licenses Poses Critical Safety Issue for All Drivers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair...
GILLIBRAND, HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF THEIR LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
GILLIBRAND, HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF THEIR LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today released the following statement on the House’s unanimous passage of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, which would enable survivors of human trafficking to have nonviolent offenses that they were forced to commit vacated and expunged:
“We applaud the House’s passage of our Trafficking...
HYDE-SMITH BLASTS SCHUMER’S ‘RECKLESS & DANGEROUS’ GAMES AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS FOURTH WEEK
HYDE-SMITH BLASTS SCHUMER’S ‘RECKLESS & DANGEROUS’ GAMES AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS FOURTH WEEK
Miss. Senator Says Republicans Ready to Work, Questions When Senate Democrats Will Be
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Knocks Senate Democrats as Government Shutdown Enters Fourth Week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today castigated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for pulling “reckless and dangerous” political stunts instead of allowing Senators to vote to end a harmful federal...
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...
Ted Cruz, Eli Crane Lead Effort to Require Only Citizens Vote
The Daily Signal
Ted Cruz, Eli Crane Lead Effort to Require Only Citizens Vote
By Fred Lucas
A group of Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona, is joining the effort to promote a rule to require proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms.
...
Trump nominates two state Supreme Court justices for federal positions
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Trump nominates two state Supreme Court justices for federal positions
By William Moore
President Donald Trump announced via social media Tuesday that he was nominating two sitting Mississippi Supreme Court justices to fill a pair of openings in...
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Breaks Down the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Breaks Down the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
SuperTalk Mississippi
Jul 9, 2025
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith sits down with Richard Cross to unpack the sweeping “Big Beautiful Bill."