Kris Kobach

“When illegal labor is used, that almost always depresses wages paid to all workers. The illegal workers can be exploited, and they will usually accept lower wages. As a result, all workers in the plant, including U.S. citizens, will see their wages go down.”

“We're looking at all forms of election irregularities, voter fraud, voter registration fraud, voter intimidation, suppression, and looking at the vulnerabilities of the various elections we have in each of the 50 states.”

“And when a few noncitizens vote, those can swing a close election.”

“Being enrolled in a college does not free you from the legal obligation to become domiciled.”

“Quite often the federal government purchases things at prices higher than individuals in the private marketplace.”

“Kansas and this country have been rewarding illegal immigration for a long time. Here in this state, that's going to stop the moment I take office.”

“It just struck me as obvious that a state has the right to restrict its welfare benefits only to those people who are U.S. citizens or are visiting the state legally.”

“Every country needs to know how many citizens it has.”

“Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on Nov. 8, 2016: New Hampshire's U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire's four electoral college votes in the presidential election.”

“Instead of turning loose these bogus asylum applicants onto the American streets never to be seen again, let's put them into mobile homes. Let's process their claims. Let's ship the judges in. Have the claims processed right there. As soon as their claim is denied, put them on a passenger plane and fly them right back home.”

“I served as Attorney General John Ashcroft's chief adviser on immigration law at the U.S. Department of Justice during 2001-03.”

“Because, when it comes to restoring the rule of law, I can't change my mind and I won't change the subject.”

“The Department of Homeland Security knows of the millions of aliens who are in the United States legally and that's data that's never been bounced against the state's voter rolls to see whether these people are registered.”

“Our borders are being overrun.”

“It's not rocket science. It's not super high technology to construct border barriers.”

“A commission presenting evidence doesn't do a Jedi mind trick and make state legislators in some state suddenly pass a bill.”

“Without question, Alabama's House Bill 56 is the most comprehensive anti-illegal-immigration state law ever drafted.”

“Self-deportation benefits the illegal alien because he can leave without being arrested or detained, and self-deportation benefits the taxpayer because the government doesn't have to spend money arresting the alien, detaining the alien and holding removal hearings.”

“If we're worried about keeping families together, then the illegal alien parents who brought them here should also be removed to the home country along with the DACA recipient alien.”

“First of all, it's important to note that the federal government doesn't have the authority to take anybody off of any voter rolls. The states are in control of each of their voter rolls in the 50 states.”