Trump to place Ken Cuccinelli at the head of the country's legal immigration system
Source: Washington Post
President Trump plans to install Ken Cuccinelli as the new director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, placing the conservative activist and former Virginia attorney general at the head of the agency that runs the countrys legal immigration system, administration officials said Friday.
L. Francis Cissna, the agencys current director, has told his staff that he will leave his post June 1.
The move extends the purge of senior leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Cissna, a Senate-confirmed agency head with deep expertise on immigration law, with Cuccinelli, a conservative firebrand disliked by senior GOP figures, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell has vowed to block Cuccinelli from getting confirmed for any position, blaming him for leading a 2014 effort defying McConnell that promoted insurgent candidates running against sitting Republican incumbents. And Cuccinelli signed a letter drafted by conservative activists two years ago calling on McConnell to step aside.
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This could be interesting.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)will get on his knees and blow Cuccinelli.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)Her family is making billions from her position, I'm sure. I actually think this explains McConnell's actions to this point. We never hear much about her, but she's been there since the beginning of the Trump administration.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Without any oversight....Republicans, you are not doing your job. You took an oath. Your betrayal will have consequences.
no_hypocrisy
(46,185 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Cuccinelli
If the guy in charge of "legal immigration" is someone trying to take citizenship away from people who currently have it (ie legally), that's a problem. If he's a "speak English, by law" idiot, that's a problem. The Washington Post, just calling him a "firebrand" and "known more recently for combative television appearances and enthusiasm for the presidents immigration proposals", is just praising him (unless you follow through and decide "anyone with enthusiasm for Trump's ideas is a dangerous idiot by definition" ).