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Mixed signals on illegal immigrants in Kansas
Kansas City Star‎ - ^ | February 2, 2012 | Barb Shelly

Posted on 02/02/2012 12:27:09 PM PST by moonshinner_09

Duck if you’re headed into the state of Kansas. Mixed signals are flying fast. On the subject of undocumented immigrants, officials are all over the place. The secretary of agriculture wants to put them to work. The secretary of state wants to deport them. The governor vows to eradicate child poverty while taking food aid from the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants. Are we confused yet? Let’s start with the simplest piece. That would be Secretary of State Kris Kobach, whose position on illegal immigrants never changes. He wants them gone, period. The legal eagle is always very busy helping states and cities draft laws to run off illegals and advising GOP candidate Mitt Romney and the like, but he spends some time in Topeka. Recently, Kobach has been berating lawmakers and officials because the state isn’t moving quickly enough on the law he got passed last year requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship.

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: aliens; immigration; ks
Before, income from illegal immigrants wasn't counted. Now it is. Illegal immigrants could get away with not claiming their income while citizens and legal immigrants could not
1 posted on 02/02/2012 12:27:12 PM PST by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

I’ll go with the secretary of state on this one.


2 posted on 02/02/2012 1:46:37 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: moonshinner_09

Is the Star still in print or is it just an internet blog now?


3 posted on 02/02/2012 2:04:03 PM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: HapaxLegamenon

It claims to be newspaper. so therefore this would be their online edition


4 posted on 02/02/2012 3:10:51 PM PST by moonshinner_09
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