On Sunday's Up with Chris Hayes, host Chris Hayes told Kris Kobach, one of the writers of Arizona's controversial immigration law, "You need to convince me and convince folks on the other side that this is not motivated by racial animus."
Kobach, Kansas' current secretary of state, said that any such accusation would be "absolutely outrageous."
"It oversimplifies things, and I think it is an ad hominem attack when you say to someone who's making a reasonable argument, 'Oh, you must be all about race,'" he said.
His defense comes after the Supreme Court struck down three provisions in Arizona's immigration law earlier this week. But the Court did not strike down the part of the legislation that requires authorities to check the immigration status of detainees if they have "reasonable suspicion" those people might be undocumented.
Kobach said that there is no reason why the law's "reasonable suspicion" should be interpreted to be based on the race of the suspect.
"There are more than 800 federal court opinions defining factors that have nothing to do with race than can give rise to reasonable suspicion," he said. If a suspect claims to not be carrying identification, or displays evidence of having been on a "long journey through the desert, carrying a backpack, with dust all over his clothes," he said, that would fall under the reasonable suspicion clause.
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What Kobach was missing was a white KKK robe and his confederate flag what a jerk. Kobach says sheriff Arpaio in Phoenix will enforce the 1070 law sure he will he is just big racist as he is.
@Motley:If we were on the border with Germany, and all the illegal aliens were blonde and blue eyed, would Americans still be considered racist for opposing their illegal entry in the U.S. ?
So why do you think having a country for the benefit of it's citizens is racist? If that's the case every country and almost everyone in the world is a racist.
motley, it's people like you that support illegal aliens who are the true racists. Enjoy your next Tan Klan La Raza meeting.
motley2b2 you simple-minded and worthless attack monkey's always come out of the toilet whenever
Americans say no to this illegal invasion from the smelly cesspool.
Sorry but your "you racists" BS isn't working! All nations have a right to their immigration laws and SOVEREIGNTY!
Go fly a kite over a tall cliff moron!
I wish Kris Koback were running for President. He'd have my vote and the vote of many Americans who would like, once again, to live in a country that enforced its immigration laws.
motley, what are YOUR racist reasons for not wanting our immigration laws enforced? And just why is it that Hispanics in particular are supposed to get a pass on following our laws, especially our immigration laws? And lest you begin to talk about our "racist" immigration policies, please remember that Mexico alone accounts for 15-20% of our LEGAL immigration and that Hispanics in general account for about half. As an American of Arab ancestry, I consider that pretty "racist".
You can be sure that Motley is a Latino that is probably here illegally
and angry about us Americans wanting all illegal aliens kicked out of our
(OUR) Country!
Racial profiling is legal in all nation protecting their borders.
Only here in the United States is racial profiling challenged and the accusation go flying by the opposition! Why? BECAUSE IT WORKS!
Hey, don't go too hard on Hayes. Progressives tend to be absolutely obsessed with race. They have a hard time comprehending that other people aren't.