WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2025: * * * Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on President Trump's border security and immigration executive orders: "With this barrage of executive orders, President Trump wants Americans to think he is fixing the border - but he is doing nothin more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH TARGETS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS WITH VOTE FOR LAKEN RILEY ACT WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the same day that President Trump signed executive actions to secure the border, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) voted to pass legislation that targets criminal illegal aliens by requiring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to arrest and detain illegal immigrants charged with theft or  more PR