Trump Supporter Pitches Hard-Line Immigration Plan for Homeland Security

Trump Supporter Pitches Hard-Line Immigration Plan for Homeland Security
In this Nov. 20, 2016, photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach holds a stack of papers as he prepares to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster, N.J. Kobach, a immigration adviser to rump and a possible candidate for a top government post, wants to make some changes at the Homeland Security Department, including reinstituting a registration system for certain immigrants. Kobach's "Department of Homeland Security Kobach Strategic Plan for First 365 Days" document was visible in a photograph from The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Associated Press
11/22/2016
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11/22/2016

Kobach’s plan also proposes adding “extreme vetting questions for high-risk” foreigners coming into the U.S. Those would include questions about a would-be visitor’s “support for Sharia law, jihad, equality of men and women, the United States constitution.”

The Kansan’s list also included ending the flow of Syrian refugees into the United States. As a candidate, Trump proposed a temporary ban on all Muslims coming into the country.

Several other suggestions for DHS were obscured in the photo, taken as Kobach was greeted by Trump.

Immigration was a top issue for Trump in his campaign to win the White House. He has yet to provide specific details about his plans to carry out campaign promises on immigration but last week announced his intention to nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions to lead the Justice Department.

Sessions, like Kobach, has helped Trump craft his stance on immigration and is also a hard liner on the issue.