GOP Voters Extremely Motivated by Laken Riley’s Murder and Subsidized Health Care for Illegal Immigrants

by Bradley Jaye

Laken Riley’s tragic murder has highlighted increasing concerns of illegal immigration, with polling showing the issue’s rise in the minds of likely Republican primary voters.

Polling from the Tyson Group obtained by Breitbart News shows the issue of illegal immigration will be a top motivator for Republican primary voters up and down the ballot.

Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student killed allegedly by an illegal alien released into the United States, is the latest American woman to fall victim to the federal government’s inability to enforce immigration law. Republicans have pointed to her murder as an example of the dire consequences of weak border and immigration enforcement.

The Tyson Group survey found an overwhelming 81 percent of likely Republican primary voters said stopping illegal immigration is a very important issue to them when deciding who to support for president, second only to improving the economy at 83 percent.

Additionally, the survey found 75 percent of likely Republican primary voters would be less likely to vote for an elected official who has supported weak immigration enforcement legislation — such as laws that prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE). Read the rest at breitbart.com.