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Kris Kobach, the Kansas lawyer behind Alabama's immigration law
Conservative lawyer and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is a clean-cut, Ivy League-educated former Eagle Scout who is emerging as a national leader in the effort to crack down on illegal immigration. More...
Secretary Kobach interviewed on the Lou Dobbs Show
Secretary Kobach discusses the return of Kansas' Early Innovator Grant, immigration issues and more with Lou Dobbs on radio. Listen...
Kris Kobach: Voter photo ID laws are good protection against fraud
A Post editorial last month criticized Kansas’s Secure and Fair Elections Act, which was drafted by my office. The act requires that voters present photo identification when they vote in person, that absentee voters present full driver’s license numbers and have their signatures verified, and that voters present proof of citizenship at the time of registration. More...
Kris Kobach: Law and Border
On May 26, for the first time in 35 years, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion on whether states may take action to stop illegal immigration. In Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, the Supreme Court upheld the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007 against multiple challenges claiming that it was preempted by federal law. More...
Kobach: America’s Christian connection a cornerstone
While most politicians shy away form blending religion and politics, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach took the issue head on in a Fourth of July speech in Meade.
And he used history to illustrate that the founders not only blended the two, they considered them linked. More...
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