“Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do anything. Everybody recognizes the current system is not working the way we want it to work. It has huge flaws to it; need to do something.”

American attorney, politician, and diplomat

Sam Brownback is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. Born in 1956, he served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the 46th governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. A Republican, Brownback also served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom in the first administration of President Donald Trump. His public career has centered on national politics and diplomacy, including work on religious freedom issues.