Kris Kobach Endorses Trump Citing Candidate’s Stance On Immigration

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach makes his victory speech at a Republican watch party Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state known for his push for strict voter ID laws and his authorship of Arizona’s controversial immigration legislation, endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid on Monday.

“For me, the most important issue in the Republican presidential contest is immigration and its effect on our national security. On that issue Mr. Trump stands head and shoulders above the other candidates,” Kobach said in a written statement. “He has made it clear that ramping up the enforcement of our immigration laws will be his top priority. And he has forcefully rejected the notion of giving amnesty to illegal aliens living in the United States.”

Kobach even argued that Trump should be able to get Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern border, something Trump has insisted he would be able to negotiate since early on in his campaign.

“On the subject of building the wall on our southern border, Mr. Trump is correct when he says that the United States has the ability to compel Mexico to pay for it,” Kobach wrote.

He said that Trump should be able to use the Patriot Act as “leverage.”

“We have the ability to shut down the flow of remittances to Mexico from illegal aliens working in the United States,” Koach said in his statement. “Mexico will then have to make a choice: either make a single payment of $5-10 billion to the United States to pay for the wall, or lose most of the $23 billion in remittances that Mexico receives every year from its national working illegally in the United States.”

Though he’s focused on voter fraud as the Kansas secretary of state, Kobach has been involved in and outspoken about immigration issues. He helped write the Arizona law that allowed law enforcement to stop individuals who they thought might be in the country illegally. In 2014, he said that President Obama’s executive actions on immigration could lead to “ethnic cleansing.”

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  1. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Bigots of a feather flock together.

  2. CLEArlY ELections ARE skewed LIBtard wHEN votes OF ILLEgals such as MExican ANCHORBabies, LOW income blaCKS and COLLEge STUDEnts VOTe Illegally.

  3. One by one, the Orcs crawl to Sauron.

    Which vile creature will swear loyalty to Mordor next?

    • George “Macaca” Allen?
    • Todd “Legitimate Rape” Aiken?
    • Dick “Rape Is A Gift From God” Mourdock?
    • Michele “Marcus Should’ve Been Home By Now” Bachmann?
    • Sharron “Second Amendment Remedies” Angle?
    • Sue “Chickens For Checkups” Lowden?
    • Cliven “Let Me Tell You About The Negro” Bundy?
    • Christine “I’m Not A Witch” O’Donnell?
    • Orly “Spit, Please” Taitz?
    • Louie “Asparagus” Gohmert?
    • Ted “Not A Jap” Yoho?
    • Animatronic Billy Graham?

    Soon, the Dark Lord will rule them all….

  4. “For me, the most important thing is to find another candidate who is even more reactionary than I am, so I look good in comparison.”

  5. Romney: Trump is racist and I am definitely not racist. I however love Kris Koback (known racist) enough to implement his policies in my would have been administration:

    Kris Kobach in Romney Campaign

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