Suddenly there is a lot less guesswork in figuring out what Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach would do as a member of Trump’s Cabinet … and what his potential position might be …
Secretary of Homeland Security.
For those not familiar with Kris Kobach, he has a proven record of conceiving and implementing racist laws on immigration and voter suppression. He was the author of Arizona's notorious "Papers, Please" law.
On Sunday, Kobach made no effort to hide what he proposed to Trump if he becomes the new head of the DHS. It was caught in black-and-white by an Associated Press photographer as Kobach arrived for the meeting. Visible (and partly readable) in his hand was Kobach’s “Strategic Plan for the First 365 Days” at DHS.
Kobach’s plan for DHS exactly aligns with Trump’s promises
Yes, it’s as bad as advertised. And anyone who does not take Trump at his most awful word on what he plans to do as President is truly an idiot. Just look at what Kobach’s plan will include:
Item #1: The Muslim registry. And not just a registry but active tracking of all aliens from “high-risk areas.”
Item #2: Deportations. Enlisting cooperation from at least 70 cities and counties.
Item #3: The Wall. The plan seems to indicate a rapid build adding to the existing 389 miles of wall to have nearly 2,000 miles of wall along the Mexican border.
Item #5: Disenfranchising voters. While Kobach’s arm obscures this section of the document, it is clearly a plan to issue regulations about voter rolls along with amending the National Voter Registration Act.
Given what Kobach did in Kansas, it’s not hard to guess that this is about. As Secretary of State, Kobach suspended or cancelled more than 30,000 would-be voters’ registrations because they were unable to provide proof of citizenship when they registered to vote at the DMV. Courts ruled against Koback multiple times including just days for the election when a court issued a permanent injunction against the two-tiered voter registration system that Kobach created. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 allows voters to register at motor vehicle offices.
Care to guess what kind of amendments to the National Voter Registration Act are proposed in the plan he showed to Trump?
How about nationalizing his Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program that allegedly ferrets about people voting in multiple states but in reality has completely failed to evidence cases of actual voter fraud — because alleged cases of double voting in multiple states turned out to be clerical and other errors. But never mind, Kobach likely wants to fling his red herring on a national scale.
Other items visible in the Plan in Kobach’s hand? Kobach’s plan refers to some use of the Patriot Act with some action taken to “forestall future lawsuits.” That sounds ominous.
As I said, a Trump Administration may be planning the nationalize the systematic disenfranchisement of voters across the country. Care to guess which groups will be disproportionately (and intentionally) affected?
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