As the Justice Department and others weigh challenging Arizona's controversial new immigration law, the Missouri law professor who helped to draft it is preparing to defend it. In addition to teaching law, Kris Kobach has developed a busy side career representing local governments in their efforts to attack illegal immigration. Kobach spoke to the NLJ about the Arizona law and his role in it.
April 29, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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As the U.S. Department of Justice and others weigh challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, the Missouri law professor who helped to draft it is preparing to defend it.
A Yale Law School graduate, Kris Kobach teaches constitutional and immigration law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and is the Republican candidate for Missouri Secretary of State. He launched a detailed rebuttal of criticisms of the Arizona law in an op-ed article in The New York Times.
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