--- ---  # Trump Cabinet Hopeful Accidentally Reveals Immigration Plans in Document Blunder by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 21, 2016 8:37 PM UTC  President-elect Donald Trump and Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, pose for a photo following their meeting with president-elect at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. President-elect Donald Trump and Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, pose for a photo following their meeting with president-elect at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 21, 2016 8:37 PM UTC Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has been advising Donald Trump on immigration issues during the transition, met with the president-elect on Sunday and inadvertently offered a glimpse of his plans should he be tapped for a cabinet position. In an Associated Press photo of Kobach heading into the meeting taken outside of Trump’s New Jersey golf club, a piece of paper in Kobach’s hand is facing outward, revealing a bit of what may have been discussed in the meeting.  President-elect Donald Trump and Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, pose at the clubhouse of Trump International Golf Club, in Bedminster Township, N.J., on Nov. 20, 2016. Peter Foley—picture-alliance/dpa/AP A reporter at the [Topeka _Capital Journal_](http://cjonline.com/news/2016-11-21/kobach-took-plan-department-homeland-security-trump-meeting) took a closer look at the documents, which reportedly included proposals like “bar the entry of potential terrorists” and track “all aliens from high risk areas.” The document also includes a proposals for “extreme vetting questions” and halting the acceptance of Syrian refugees. The details of the document align with many of the promises Trump made on the campaign trail, which is little surprise given Kobach’s connection to the campaign and his stance on immigration. Kobach isn’t the first politician who has been caught accidentally revealing plans to cameras. Back in 2009, a British counter terrorism officer resigned after[ leaking the details of a major operation](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/apr/09/bob-quick-terror-raids-leak) on a document caught on film. Kris Kobach Offers Cameras a Glimpse of Immigration Plans ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4579156/kris-kobach-dhs-document-blunder-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4579156/kris-kobach-dhs-document-blunder-photo/"},"headline":"Trump Cabinet Hopeful Accidentally Reveals Immigration Plans in Document Blunder","datePublished":"2016-11-21T20:37:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:18.700Z","description":"Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach reportedly took the notes into a meeting with president-elect Donald Trump on Sunday","url":"https://time.com/4579156/kris-kobach-dhs-document-blunder-photo/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Immigration"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d4dd44930bfeb2c/6988af4d656a3fa267bcdedd/gettyimages-624688908.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d4dd44930bfeb2c/6988af4d656a3fa267bcdedd/gettyimages-624688908.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ","caption":"Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4579156/kris-kobach-dhs-document-blunder-photo/","name":"Trump Cabinet Hopeful Accidentally Reveals Immigration Plans in Document Blunder"}}]}] ```