Kris Kobach Endorses Donald Trump

[HAPPY2BME]

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is endorsing GOP frontrunner Donald Trump for president.

“For me, the most important issue in the Republican presidential contest is immigration and its effect on our national security,” Kobach said. He continued:

    On that issue Mr. Trump stands head and shoulders above the other candidates. 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 has been an influential voice in the creation of more stringent immigration laws across the country and has served as counsel for the ICE agents suing the Obama administration over Obama’s 2012 executive amnesty. He was elected as Kansas’s secretary of state in 2010. Kobach added:

    Now, more than ever, America needs Mr. Trump’s aggressive approach to the problem of illegal immigration. Our porous border represents a huge national security threat, and our refugee system has been abused by terrorists in the past and is likely to be abused by ISIS terrorists today. Moreover, there are too many Americans who are out of work because of illegal immigration or who are working in jobs where the wages are depressed because of illegal immigration.

In offering his approval for the building of a border wall, Kobach argued that the PATRIOT Act contains a provision that would allow the U.S. to get Mexico to pay for the wall.

“Finally, 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,” he said. “

As I have discussed with Mr. Trump, the PATRIOT Act contains a provision that the United States can and should use as leverage with the Government of Mexico,” he continued. “We have the ability to shut down the flow of remittances to Mexico from illegal aliens working in the United States. Mexico will 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 nationals working in the United States.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/29/kris-kobach-endorses-donald-trump/

[Bill Cipher]

In offering his approval for the building of a border wall, Kobach argued that the PATRIOT Act contains a provision that would allow the U.S. to get Mexico to pay for the wall.

“Finally, 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,” he said. “

As I have discussed with Mr. Trump, the PATRIOT Act contains a provision that the United States can and should use as leverage with the Government of Mexico,” he continued. “We have the ability to shut down the flow of remittances to Mexico from illegal aliens working in the United States. Mexico will 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 nationals working in the United States.”

Wow.  Tinfoil hats and strong arm extortion worthy of the mob, all in one package.  Maybe there is something to the tip-o-the-hat Trump got from Putin; birds of a feather and all.

[mountaineer]

The Kansas secretary of state endorsement merits a thread? 

[Longiron]

Wow.  Tinfoil hats and strong arm extortion worthy of the mob, all in one package.  Maybe there is something to the tip-o-the-hat Trump got from Putin; birds of a feather and all.

Another UNIPARTY poster, so you don't like his personality, whoop that sure is stopping him. Tell us about your candidate and their policies or positions. 

[aligncare]

This might have been presented for our consideration because of its clear statement on illegal immigration.

The Kansas SoS made a concise case for protecting the border and offered the legal justification for building and paying for the wall. For example, I didn't know there was a provision in the patriot act to have Mexico pay for the wall. Interesting.

[sinkspur]

Not in relation to this topic, but apropos nonetheless:

Last, whether or not Donald Trump admitted it(that his immigration stance is a ruse) to the editorial board of the New York Times, I would not be shocked in the slightest to learn he’s faking it. He’s faking everything else in this race. That doesn’t mean he wouldn’t kick in doors and send 11 million people packing, either. I just don’t think he’s put any serious thought into the issue either way because he’s not a serious person. All of his life he’s said and promised whatever he has to to get what he wants. Once he gets what he wants he moves on to the next shiny thing and leaves the suckers wondering “What happened?”

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner

[libertybele]

The Kansas secretary of state endorsement merits a thread? 

Exactly.  I only opened this thread to find out who the heck Kris Kobach is.

[libertybele]

This might have been presented for our consideration because of its clear statement on illegal immigration.

The Kansas SoS made a concise case for protecting the border and offered the legal justification for building and paying for the wall. For example, I didn't know there was a provision in the patriot act to have Mexico pay for the wall. Interesting.

Kansas was to be the 'hub' of the NAU...just saying. I don't believe for a second however, that the endorsement gives Trump any credibility.

[mountaineer]

Exactly.  I only opened this thread to find out who the heck Kris Kobach is.

My state's SOS is such a dimbulb, I'd run the other direction from whomever she endorsed. I give this endorsement as many grains of salt as any other endorsement, whether from an elected official or H'wood celebrity - no matter their preferred candidate.