Kris Kobach

Kansas Secretary of State

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Kansas Secretary of State; author of Arizona's SB 1070 immigration law; former professor of law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; counsel to then-US Attorney General John Ashcroft (2001-2003)

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In five years, Barack Obama's deported almost two million undocumented immigrants — more than any other president. Immigrant advocates have labeled him "Deporter in Chief."

President Obama's Deportation Dilemma

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