A recent poll obtained by Cowboy State Daily shows that stopping illegal immigration tops the list of most important issues for Wyoming Republicans.
The National Public Affairs survey of 403 self-identified Republican primary voters contacted earlier this week shows that 43% consider stopping illegal immigration their most important issue. Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in Wyoming, representing at least 75% of the voter base.
The second most important issue among those surveyed is jobs and the economy at 17%, followed by oil, coal and natural gas production at 15%.
Stopping illegal immigration is a topic that U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis have both addressed, and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman has most notably been championed.
Hageman has vocally condemned the actions of President Joe Biden’s administration in its management of immigration and specifically criticized the job performance of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who she targeted in blistering testimony last year.
She doubled down on her stance Thursday evening at a town hall meeting in Rock Springs, where she said the border crisis is the No. 1 threat to the United States.
Hageman has been named an impeachment manager in the event that the Senate holds a trial on the two articles of impeachment drafted against Mayorkas. Earlier this week, Lummis urged Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, to push for an impeachment trial.
Although the presence of illegal immigrants hasn’t been a significant issue handled in Wyoming, numerous national reports show people have become more in tune with national issues because of the rising presence of social media and cable news.
On Monday, the Wyoming Senate passed an amendment allowing the governor to offer $2 million to Texas to secure its border.
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