Kobach was a member of the Platform Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention . It was subsequently reported that Kobach was being considered for Secretary of Homeland Security . He was photographed carrying a document into a meeting with Trump the title of which could be read as being , " Department of Homeland Security , Kobach Strategic Plan for First 365 Days " . This plan reportedly included a register of Muslims as part of a suite of proposals , which included the " extreme vetting " of immigrants . '' The New York Times '' described Kobach as " close to the White House inner circle , including the president and his chief strategist , Steve Bannon " , and having told the Associated Press that he met Trump in May 2017 through his son Donald Trump Jr. , " with whom he has a mutual friend " . He was named vice chairman of the new Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity by Trump in 2017 . In June 2017 he told supporters that he has had " the honor of personally advising President Trump , both before the election and after the election , on how to reduce illegal immigration . " In a March 14 , 2019 hearing , Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross was questioned about his conversations regarding the adding of a citizenship question to the 2020 census surveys , which he had with immigration hardliners Kobach , Bannon , and Attorney General Jeff Sessions . Missouri Democratic Representative Lacy Clay accused Ross of being " complicit " regarding his efforts to weaken minority group voting rights , accusing Ross of committing perjury . He called for Ross to tender his resignation , saying , " You lied to Congress . You misled the American people and you are complicit in the Trump administration 's intent to suppress the growing political power of the non-white population . " The United States Supreme Court heard arguments on April 23 , 2019 , regarding appeals of rejections by three circuit courts of the proposed inclusion of the survey question . The court affirmed the appeals , rejecting the question 's inclusion , and it was felt Kobach 's initial advocacy of the initiative undermined the rationale of the Census Bureau 's case
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Kris Kobach