Kris Kobach, the author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, pushed the Republican platform committee to add tougher language on immigration to the party’s platform in Tampa on Tuesday. A draft of the platform had left out language from the 2008 platform but Kobach convinced the committee to add the language back in.
From Politico:
“We recognize that if you really want to create a job tomorrow, you can remove an illegal alien today,” [Kobach] told the 100-plus representatives to the committee. “That is the way to open up jobs very quickly for U.S. citizen workers and lawfully admitted alien workers.”
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The platform committee overwhelmingly voted to add language proposed by Kobach calling for the completion of a border fence, the end of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants and an end to sanctuary cities. It also voted to support national E-Verify, an Internet database run by the federal government that makes it harder for undocumented workers to get jobs.
A number of Latino Republicans will speak at the convention next week as the Romney campaign hopes to reach out to Latino voters.
