Cynthia Lummis - Senator for Wyoming

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Night
after night, Wyoming citizens are turning on the news to see a national
security and humanitarian crisis unfolding at our southern border.
This influx in illegal immigration, which is the largest surge we've seen
in two decades, is a threat to the safety of American families,
border patrol agents and law enforcement as well as immigrants pursuing a
lawful path to citizenship.

Here in Wyoming, we know fences make
good neighbors. On a national level, a secure border keeps us safe. In
San Diego for example [link 1], a short 12-mile section of border wall
reduced the number of agents needed to protect the area, saving $28
million in salaries while increasing the number of illegal drug
seizures.

Under the previous Administration, we found a workable solution to
our border problems. Working with the Mexican government, we kept
asylum applicants in Mexico while processing their applications to
determine who qualified, and we did so while building a border wall to
disrupt drug smuggling and human trafficking by violent cartels. As a
result, since wall construction began in Arizona and California [link 2],
illegal border crossings dropped by 24 percent in Tucson and by 27
percent in San Diego. In Yuma, they dropped by 78 percent.

Under
President Biden, we are undoing all of that hard work. President Biden's
rhetoric and executive actions are sending a message to cartels and
migrants that you don't have to follow the law, because we aren't going to
enforce it. This has spawned a crisis.

Just last month the number
of unaccompanied minors crossing the border smashed the previous record
by at least 60 percent [link 3]. Border agents are overwhelmed, and
it's getting worse. More than 100,000 migrants [link 4] were
apprehended at the border in February, up 28 percent from January.

This is a
crisis of President Biden's own making. But don't take my word for it:
The majority of Americans [link 5] agree that President Biden's
immigration policies are bad for America, and believe he's botching the
crisis at our southern border.

As your U.S. Senator, I'm committed to
working with my colleagues to address our broken immigration system
and stop the onslaught of illegal immigration currently taking place.
Just last month I sent a letter [link 6] with my colleague, Senator
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), to the Government Accountability Office
raising our concerns about President Biden's move to halt funding of the
wall along our southern border. Congress specifically allocated funds
for the construction of the border wall, so it is the responsibility of
the executive branch to carry out the directives of that
funding.

Additionally, I joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and other colleagues
in an effort to officially declare the situation at the southern border
a crisis [link 7]. This is obvious to anyone looking at the facts,
and the Senate must ensure President Biden knows our concern.

We are
a nation of law and order. We reward law-abiding, hardworking
aspirants with citizenship. But by letting others come to the United States
illegally, President Biden is insulting those new American citizens who
did it right. That's unjust. It's unfair. And it's not how we treat
neighbors in Wyoming. For the good of the country, it's time to secure
the border.

Happy Trails,

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*WORKING IN
WYOMING*

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Senator Lummis visited St. John's
Health in Jackson, WY. She's pictured here with CEO Will Wagnon and Board
Chair Sue Crtizer.

Senator Lummis met with Bill Nye the Science
Guy to discuss space and science priorities. Senator Lummis is the top
Republican on the Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Science and
Space.

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Senator Lummis introduced the Grizzly Bear
State Management Act of 2021. This bill would delist grizzlies in the
Yellowstone area and shift management to state wildlife specialists.


*KEEP UP WITH TEAM LUMMIS*

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Contact
Information:

Website:

Office Locations:
Cody
1285 Sheridan
Avenue
Suite 210
Cody, WY 82414
Phone: 307-527-9444

Casper
Dick
Cheney Federal Bldg.
100 East B Street, Suite 3201
PO Box
33201
Casper, WY 82601
Phone: 307-261-6572

Cheyenne
Federal Center
2120
Capitol Avenue
Suite 2007
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone:
307-772-2477

Washington, DC
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Suite
SD-G12
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3424

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