Gubernatorial candidate Kobach connects 9/11 to immigration
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach cited the September 11 terrorist attacks at a campaign rally in Topeka in arguing for tougher immigration policies.
Kobach, the Republican nominee for governor in the state known for his hardline stance on immigration, made the remarks at a rally in Topeka with President Trump.
“I was there during 9/11 and we all remember how the world changed but let me tell you something that you may not know. All 19 hijackers came into this country legally on temporary visas. Five of them became illegal mostly by overstaying their visas. Four of those five were stopped by state and local law enforcement for speeding violations. They were illegally at the country at the time, but the cops didn’t know it, so they didn’t make an arrest even though they could have if they had that information at their fingertips,” he said.
“Now get this. Three of those four illegal aliens that they could have arrested were pilots. So if they had made those arrests, they could have stopped 9/11 from happening. Those numbers have shaped my career. The gravity of that has never left me. I will not, and I know President Trump will not allow our immigration system to be used again as a weapon to harm the American people. Stopping illegal aliens is not just about jobs, it’s not just about crime, it’s about our nation’s security and that comes first,” Kobach added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/410259-gubernatorial-candidate-kobach-connects-9-11-to-immigration
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