Kris W. Kobach
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The ‘DREAM’ order isn’t legal
A week ago, President Obama stunned the nation when he announced that he would be implementing the chief provisions of the “DREAM Act” through executive fiat: He has ordered the...
Another amnesty?
History is threatening to re peat itself. Twenty-five years ago, Congress passed the Simpson-Mazzoli Act (better known among conservatives as the 1986 illegal-alien amnesty), which gave a path to citizenship...
'Sanctuary' is lawless and deadly
Last week, the Justice Department made an astonishing statement about its unprecedented lawsuit to stop the Arizona illegal-immigration law. Attorney General Eric Holder's spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, claimed that it was...
Behind US v. Arizona: pure politics
The Obama administration's lawsuit against the state of Arizona offers a revealing window into the Holder Justice Department. And the picture isn't pretty. Consider what we learned when Secretary of...
Amnesty poison pill
On Saturday, Senate Major ity Leader Harry Reid told a Las Vegas audience: "We are going to pass comprehensive immigration reform" this year -- using the "comprehensive" buzzword that everyone...
KSM trial: it's Obama's call
President Obama has said it was Attorney General Eric Holder who decided to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees in civilian federal...
A loss for America
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees in civilian federal court in New York City is the latest in a long...
The truth on covering illegals
THE House of Repre sentatives has re buked Rep. Joe Wil son (R-SC) for shouting out, "You lie!" during President Obama's speech to Congress last week. It was certainly a...
THE IMMIGRATION ANSWER
ON Jan. 1, Arizona became the first state to require all em ployers to confirm workers' legal status via the federal "E-Verify" system. Having survived a federal court challenge last...
RX FOR BREAKDOWN
ONE of the biggest - and least discussed - problems with the immigration bill now before the Senate is the sheer impossibility of implementing it. The measure would triple the...
REWARDING LAWBREAKERS
THE immigration bill set to hit the Senate floor this week has over 300 pages - yet few people have seen the details. Proponents, led by Ted Kennedy, waited until...