The biggest challenge facing Congress in 2024 is securing our southern border. Last year alone, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded over 2.9 million encounters at the Southwest border—more than the entire population of Mississippi.
As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, it’s my responsibility to ensure the Department of Homeland… Read more »
A Congressional committee is taking up next week the question of whether the nation’s top internal security chief should keep his job.
First-term Rep. Mike Ezell (R-Mississippi) will be in the middle of those considerations.
Ezell sits on the House’s Republican-led Homeland Security Committee, which is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday on the possible impeachment of Homeland… Read more »
The crisis caused by the Biden administration’s reckless, open-border policies has burdened Americans across this country, no matter how far from the border they live. Every state has now become a border state. From Yuma County, Arizona to Jackson County, Mississippi and all the way to New York City, the costs of this disaster come in many forms.
With more than 40 years of law… Read more »
During the September hearing, Congressman Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) asked Yuma County Supervisor Lines about how the massive influx of illegal aliens has burdened local law enforcement. Supervisor Lines noted that, “Arizona has been disproportionately affected as far as [Arizona’s] state, local, and federal augmentation of implementing border security.” The Arizona state government has allocated $20 million towards creating a task force to secure its border given Mayorkas’ refusal to do his job. Read more »
Fortunately, there is movement in Congress to remove even the perception of vagaries in the STOP Act. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has written to CBP demanding better enforcement of the STOP Act. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have introduced legislation to strengthen the original STOP Act. Congressmen David Kustoff (R-TN) and Mike Ezell (R-MS) have also introduced supporting legislation in the House of Representatives. Read more »
This afternoon, Congressman Mike Ezell outlined his thoughts on H.R. 5525, the Spending Reduction and Border Security Act, as well as the potential of a government shutdown.
Remarks as delivered are below. You can download the video here.
"Today, I voted for a bill that would have secured our southern border, cut billions in wasteful spending, and ensure our government is open… Read more »
On Thursday, Mississippi’s 4th District Congressman Mike Ezell was among 70 Republicans who voted for an amendment before the U.S. House of Representatives that would have cut off all U.S. military security assistance to Ukraine.
The other three Mississippi Congressmen – Trent Kelly (R-MS 1), Bennie Thompson (D-MS 2) and Michael Guest (R-MS 3) – opposed the amendment.
The amendment… Read more »
Of note, three of the four Mississippi Congressman serve on one of the two committees that will be considering the impeachment resolutions, that being the House Homeland Security Committee. Congressman Guest is the Vice Ranking Republican member on the committee. Congressman Thompson is the Ranking Democrat and former committee chairman. Congressman Ezell is the Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee. Read more »
Congressmen Mike Ezell (MS-04) and David Kustoff (TN-08) have introduced the Uniform Postal Data Acquisition for Transparency and Early Detection within the United States Postal Service (UPDATED USPS) Act to stop China and other nations from using the U.S. mail to send fentanyl and its precursor chemicals into the United States.
“As a sheriff, I saw first-hand how… Read more »
Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Miss., tweeted multiple crickets to mock the silence of the Biden Administration when "1000 illegal immigrants show up in El Paso overnight." On the other hand, he noted that the Biden Administration calls it "Dangerous and unacceptable" when "16 illegal immigrants show up in California overnight."
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