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Architect of Anti-Immigrant Bills Endorses Romney

HeadlineJan 17, 2012

Immigration rights groups are criticizing Mitt Romney for embracing an endorsement from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Kobach helped draft anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona and Alabama. Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez condemned Romney for working with Kobach, whom he described as the “dark lord of the anti-immigration movement.”

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