Thread: Kris Kobach joining Trump Transition Team

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NOV. 10, 2016, 2:35 P.M.An immigration hard-liner is joining Donald Trump's transition team

Kurtis LeeOne of the architects of several of the nation's most controversial immigration laws is set to join President-elect Donald Trump's immigration policy transition team. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Thursday that he planned to help Trump reverse President Obama's immigration policies. "There's going to be a lot to do there in part because Mr. Trump and Mr. Obama are diametric opposites when it comes to immigration policy, so there will be a lot of changes," Kobach told a Kansas television station. Noting Trump's central campaign pledge to build a southern border wall and emboldened by Republicans' retaining control of Congress, Kobach said, "There's no question the wall is going to get built. The only question is how quickly will it get done and who pays for it." Trump, who met with Obama at the White House on Thursday, also has vowed to overturn many of the president's executive actions on immigration, such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals that temporarily shields from deportation people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. (David Zabulowski / Associated Press) In 2010, Kobach helped to craft Arizona's SB-1070, which contained four major elements aimed at reducing the number of immigrants in the state illegally through attrition. It compelled police to ask for papers and allowed officers to make arrests without warrants if they believed the suspect committed an offense that made them eligible for deportation. Critics assailed SB-1070 as racial profiling, and the Supreme Court struck down much of the law in 2012, although it upheld the part allowing police to check immigration statuses. In September, Arizona ended its practice of requiring police officers to demand the papers of people suspected of being in the country illegally as part of a settlement with immigrant rights groups. Kobach also has had a hand in other controversial immigration laws. He helped write an Alabama measure in 2011 that mandates that police who suspect someone is in the country illegally can work to determine that person's legal status. Critics have called it tougher than the Arizona law. Kobach also helped local officials in Hazelton, Pa., draft a 2006 ordinance that banned landlords from renting to people in the country illegally. The ordinance, which never was implemented, faced strong pushback and several legal challenges by the American Civil Liberties Union. Last year, the rural town was ordered to pay nearly $2 million in legal and court fees to the ACLU. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said it was deeply troubling that Kobach was joining Trump's transition team. "His participation is a threat to diverse communities throughout our nation. Kobach's pattern of supporting racist, anti-immigrant policies ... are not only divisive, but have repeatedly been found unconstitutional," he said. "Mr. Trump's selection of Kobach is in direct conflict with his stated desire to bring America together."

Kansas secretary of state helping advise incoming president on immigration

Updated: 6:23 PM CST Nov 10, 2016
Micheal Mahoney

TOPEKA, Kan. —
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said President-elect Donald Trump will change much of the Obama administration’s immigration policy.

Kobach, known for his get-tough immigration policies, is part of the Trump transition team that’s focusing on immigration.

“In the case of President-elect Trump and President Obama, there will be a 180-degree turn in some policy, and one of those is immigration,” Kobach said.

He said he expects things to change fast for illegal immigrants with criminal records.

“If that person has committed additional crimes, in addition to their immigration violation, they should be very fearful they are on top of the list for deportation,” Kobach said.

He said he was invited to join the transition team a few months ago. The team is assigned to draw up a giant checklist of potential immigration changes. Kobach said he has definite ideas about a wall.

“A double wall. Thirty feet high. Where you have a high-speed border patrol vehicle road built in between the two walls,” Kobach said. “A physical wall is a force multiplier, like the one by San Diego.”

He said he expects the transition team will want Trump to rescind the immigration amnesty executive orders issued by President Obama, which provide a safe harbor for some of the 11 million illegals in the nation.

“I think every non-citizen who is illegally in the United States, in this country, needs to recognize that we have laws in this country and laws need to be enforced,” Kobach said.

The day after the election, Politico mentioned Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback as a potential Agriculture secretary. Brownback’s office isn’t saying much about that chatter, saying only that he’s concentrating on his current job of running Kansas.

Former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent has been mentioned as a possible candidate for Secretary of Defense.

The Trump transition team has about 10 weeks to pull together a new administration and start making changes in Washington.

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EXCELLENT! Great news!

“A double wall. Thirty feet high. Where you have a high-speed border patrol vehicle road built in between the two walls,”

ABSOLUTELY!!

With drones patrolling in the sky above the border to spot people trying to cross illegally and help from the National Guard if the Border Patrol doesn't have enough personnel to police the border effectively.

We send our military to defend the borders of other countries, it's time we defended our own border!!

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I like his idea of two walls with the high speed lane in between for the good guys to catch the invaders.

Big congratulations to Kris Kobach on this wonderful news! He has fought hard against illegal immigration for many years and Mitt Romney's campaign used and abused him to look tough when they were actually CFR bad actors that supported amnesty.

I hope that Mr. Kobach will get a lot accomplished for us working with Donald Trump.

William Gheen
www.alipac.us

Our military built the Alaska Highway in less than 10 months due to fear of Japanese invasion. Get our troops on our border building that wall. We already pay their paychecks...thus saving money hiring contractors.

We have tanks and military equipment to patrol the deserts...get it mobilized.

"Operation Return to Sender"...no papers, no entry, no detention, no rights...turn them right back around.