Kris Kobach, Rudy Guiliani to have immigration roles in the Trump administration?
As is well-known, immigration policy will be changing with the change in presidential administrations. The degree of change is likely to be jarring. Consider the new cast of characters.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has advised Donald Trump on immigration and now reportedly is on Trump’s immigration transition team. The team will help transition President Barack Obama’s immigration policies to President-elect Donald Trump’s policies. “I’m a member of the immigration policy transition team and there’s going to be a lot to do there in part because Mr. Trump and Mr. Obama are diametric opposites when it comes to immigration policy so there will be a lot of changes,” Kobach said. Kobach has supported Trump from the beginning. When asked, he said a border wall between the United States and Mexico is coming. “There’s no question the wall is going to get built. The only question is how quickly will it get done and who pays for it?” Kobach said.
Rudy Guiliani has been rumored to be the possible Attorney General or Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration.
UPDATE (November 11): The President-Elect Trump transition website has posted the following about immigration:
“In several years, when we have accomplished all of our enforcement goals – and truly ended illegal immigration for good, including the construction of a great wall, and the establishment of our new lawful immigration system – then and only then will we be in a position to consider the appropriate disposition of those who remain. That discussion can only take place in an atmosphere in which illegal immigration is a memory of the past, allowing us to weigh the different options available based on the new circumstances at the time.”
Donald J. Trump, August 31, 2016
A Trump Administration would execute on the following ten-point plan to restore integrity to our immigration system, protect our communities, and put America first:
- Build a Wall on the Southern Border
- End Catch-and-Release
- Zero Tolerance for Criminal Aliens
- Block Funding for Sanctuary Cities
- Cancel Unconstitutional Executive Orders & Enforce All Immigration Laws
- Suspend the Issuance of Visas to Any Place Where Adequate Screening Cannot Occur
- Ensure that Other Countries Take Their People Back When We Order Them Deported
- Finally Complete the Biometric Entry-Exit Visa Tracking System
- Turn Off the Jobs and Benefits Magnet
- Reform Legal immigration to Serve the Best Interests of America and its Workers
KJ