Kris Kobach

AZ Immigration Bill Writer's Resume: GOP Activist, Ashcroft Aide, Arpaio Ally

Zachary Roth | April 28, 2010, 9:29AM

Kris Kobach

The controversial Arizona immigration bill signed into law last week was written in part by a conservative immigration law expert and Republican activist who's a former top aide to John Ashcroft, was recently hired by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and is running for statewide office.

Kris Kobach, a law professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, was brought in by far-right Arizona legislator Russell Pearce to help draft the legislation that critics are calling "a social and racial sin."

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