Kris Kobach rides wave of publicity post-Arizona immigration crackdown law

Kansas Secretary of State candidate Kris Kobach scored a victory earlier this month in Arizona with the passing of what’s been called a “landmark” law that gives Arizona police the power to arrest anyone they believe to be immigrants (with “reasonable suspicion,” of course) who cannot show proof of citizenship during the course of a law enforcement action, such as a traffic stop. Kobach helped write the law, and he’s basking in the media spotlight, including an op-ed in the New York Times.

Time called the bill “the toughest anti-illegal-immigrant measure in a generation.” Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill into law a week ago.

“There are some things that states can do and some that states can’t do,

but this law threads the needle perfectly,” Kobach told Time.