Ken Cuccinelli in Trump Cabinet members actions and issues
On Immigration:
Give me your poor, if they won't become a public charge
Cuccinelli doubled down on his characterization of the famous Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty sonnet, saying the poem was referring mostly to immigrants coming from Europe. "Give me your tired, your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will
not become a public charge," he said during an interview with NPR. "That plaque was put on the Statue of Liberty at almost the first time the first public charge law was passed."
Source: USA Today on Trump Cabinet
Nov 19, 2019
On Immigration:
Give me your poor, if they won't become a public charge
Cuccinelli doubled down on his characterization of the famous Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty sonnet, saying the poem was referring mostly to immigrants coming from Europe. "Give me your tired, your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will
not become a public charge," he said during an interview with NPR. "That plaque was put on the Statue of Liberty at almost the first time the first public charge law was passed."
Source: USA Today on Trump Cabinet
Nov 19, 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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