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June 12, 2019

Hard-Liner Cuccinelli in as Acting Head of Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Meanwhile, immigration hard-liner Ken Cuccinelli has assumed the role of
acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Several top
Republicans have come out against Cuccinelli's temporary appointment,
and Senate Whip John Thune warned the Republican-controlled Senate was
unlikely to approve a potential nomination for Cuccinelli to become
permanent head of the agency. As a state lawmaker in Virginia,
Cuccinelli authored legislation seeking to force employees to speak
English in the workplace, and he unsuccessfully fought to eliminate the
14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause.


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