Kris Kobach

A Romney Administration Perilous For Latinos

Cesar Vargas | Posted 05.25.2012

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While Latinos are already familiar with Mitt Romney's own position on immigration, the make up of his administration is not yet evident. However, with Kris Kobach shaping Mitt Romney's immigration policy, the verdict is clear that he or others like him will be top candidates at the helm of Romney's immigration policy and enforcement.

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Controversial Romney Supporter Attends Speech

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 05.11.2012

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Immigration hawk and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach attended a fundraising appearance by Mitt Romney Thursday, according to a pool report of th...

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Lawmakers Pass Stricter Voter Reg Law For 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Ann Mah, Kris Kobach Immigration, HB 56, Department of Motor Vehicles, Scott Schwab, Voter ID, Video, Birth Certificate, Voter Identification, Kris Kobach Kansas, Kansas Politics, Kansas Legislature, 2012 Election, Kris Kobach, Voter ID Laws, Sb 1070, Election 2012, Kansas-Voter-Id-Laws, Politics News

The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass legislation requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration star...

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Ultraconservative 'Powerplay' Blamed For Gridlock

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.07.2012

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The war between moderate and conservative Republicans in Kansas is threatening to send the state's redistricting process into a tailspin. With a Th...

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Dem On SB 1070 Argument: 'Felt Better Going In Than I Did Coming Out'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Two top Democratic opponents of Arizona immigration law SB 1070 said Wednesday they were less confident that contested provisions of the...

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Memo To Supreme Court: Arizona Immigration Law Is No Solution for Broken System

Kristian Ramos | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Mass Deportation, Jan Brewer, Kris Kobach, Mitt Romney, Joe Arpaio, sb1070, Immigration, Arizona, Right-Wing Extremism, Russell Pearce, Latino Voices News

The rise of the state-passed immigration movement has been an ideological dead end for the country and a stagnation of real conversation around reforming our current system.

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Latino Voters Concerned About Many Issues But Glued Together By Immigration Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 04.23.2012

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If politics is a game of numbers, then presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney faces an election gauntlet with competing equations for vict...

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Romney Should Not Adopt Dream-Act With 'Amnesty': Kris Kobach

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 04.18.2012

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Mitt Romney said Sunday he would support a Republican-style Dream Act for undocumented immigrants, a plan he previously decried as "amnesty." But ...

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Mitt Romney Backs Away From Arizona Immigration Law Author

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Kansas secretary of state and anti-undocumented immigration hawk Kris Kobach has said he's an adviser for the Mitt Romney campaign. T...

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GOP Won't Solve Its Latino Voter Problem With Lamar Smith Calling the Shots on Immigration

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.21.2012

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Any attempt to amend or soften the Republican Party's immigration positioning runs smack dab into Smith, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee -- and the leading anti-immigrant lawmaker in Congress.

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What's Romney's (Hispanic) Problem?

Leo Pierson | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Republican Primaries, Immigration, Latino Politics, Mitt Romney, Kris Kobach, Super Tuesday, Jan Brewer, Ohio, Arizona, Latino Voices News

At the end of the election race, when Mitt Romney is alone in his thoughts, reflecting on how things went so wrong and at whom to point his finger to say, "This is all your fault!" He will have nobody to blame but himself and his entirely self-created "Hispanic Problem."

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Ahead of Arizona Primary a Decline in Political Cachet of State Immigration Laws

Kristian Ramos | Posted 04.28.2012

It is disingenuous at best for the Republican Party to say out of one corner of their mouth that our immigration system is broken, then do everything they can to stop any wholesale fix. Our states and our country deserve better.

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Law Tries To Make City Uninhabitable for Undocumented Immigrants

Posted 02.22.2012

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Following recent clashes between anti-immigrant sentiment and the law, a U.S. District Court judge struck down the provisions of an ordinance this wee...

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Rebutting Kris Kobach at CPAC

Alex Nowrasteh | Posted 04.18.2012

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Solving the illegal immigration problem requires solving the legal immigration problem. If a quick and legal pathway to immigrate similar to Ellis Island were revived, unauthorized immigration would virtually disappear.

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Could Local Governments Become Incubators of Pro-Immigrant Laws

Kristian Ramos | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Alabama, Labor, Kansas, Kris Kobach, Agriculture, Immigration, Georgia, Immigration Laws, Latino Voices News

In the absence of any Congressional action on immigration reform, states have stepped into the void.

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The Incredible Shrinking Rep. Lamar Smith

Frank Sharry | Posted 04.10.2012

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Does anyone (besides Mitt Romney) listen to the chair of the House Judiciary Committee anymore? This week, Rep. Lamar Smith is looking especially desperate.

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Immigration & Latino Voters in Nevada: Why the 2008 & 2010 Results Are More Instructive for November

Adam Luna | Posted 04.07.2012

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If there's one number that you need to know it's that in 2012, Latinos constitute 26 percent of the state's population. Latino Decisions estimates that Latinos will comprise 15 percent of Nevada's registered voters by the 2012 general elections.

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Dems Say Of GOP Immigration Proposals: 'It Is The Greatest Deal Of Hypocrisy'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.04.2012

Democrats in Kansas are describing new proposals to recruit undocumented workers for the state's agriculture industry as "hypocrisy" and "profiteering...

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Immigration Debate Gets Complicated In Kansas

Posted 04.02.2012

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TOPEKA, Kan. -- An architect of state and local laws cracking down on undocumented immigration is a leading Republican officeholder in Kansas, but bus...

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Controversy Over Kansas' Immigration Law

AP | By JOHN HANNA | Posted 04.02.2012

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TOPEKA, Kan. -- An architect of state and local laws cracking down on illegal immigration is a leading Republican officeholder in Kansas, but business...

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History Repeats Itself as Romney Takes a Hard-line on Immigration

Philip Wolgin | Posted 03.25.2012

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Mitt Romney once tacitly supported immigration reform. Sadly, his recent embrace of hard-line positions is a show we've seen before and it targets the fastest-growing demographic in the country. He risks losing not only the Latino vote but many non-Latino voters as well.

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'Two-Faced' Romney Ripped In Florida Spanish-Language Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to exploit former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's potential weaknesses with Latino voters, the Service Employees International U...

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Mitt Romney May Well Regret Kris Kobach's Endorsement

David Leopold | Posted 03.12.2012

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By embracing Kris Kobach and the Arizona/South Carolina draconian immigration laws he authored, Romney has boxed himself into the dark, ugly corner of the fringe anti-immigrant crowd.

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Mitt Romney Endorsed By Architect Of Arizona Immigration Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced on Wednesday an endorsement from Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state who helped wr...

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State Official Seeks Dramatic Change To Voter ID System

AP | By JOHN HANNA | Posted 01.10.2012

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TOPEKA, Kan. -- The top elections official in Kansas said Tuesday that he'll push for a change in state law to start requiring some potential voters t...

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