Ken Cuccinelli in CBS "Face the Nation" interviews during 2019


On Immigration: Detain and then deport one million undocumented immigrants

The Trump administration's top official at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said immigration authorities are ready to identify, detain and eventually deport approximately one million undocumented immigrants with pending removal orders. "They're ready to just perform their mission, which is to go and find and detain and then deport the approximately one million people who have final removal orders," Acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli said on "Face the Nation."

Cuccinelli, an immigration hardliner who took the helm of the agency last month, said it is within ICE's discretion to determine who among those with final orders of deportation will be targeted in operations, suggesting the full pool of approximately one million immigrants might not face deportation after all. "They've been all the way through the due process and have final removal orders. Who among those will be targeted for this particular effort is kept within ICE at this point," he added.

Source: CBS Face the Nation 2019 interview of Trump Cabinet members Jul 7, 2019

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