Ly Liberty, constructed in this case of paper-mâché, stands about 7-feet-tall or so in corner of office of Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. It overlooks Massachusetts Avenue from floor-to-ceiling windows. It wasn’t a gift. It was meant to shame him. Protesters left it outside ncy’s hequarters last month after Cuccinelli reinterpreted inscription at Statue of Liberty’s base to align it with policy changes aimed at restricting legal immigration. Cuccinelli brought it upstairs, took a selfie, and tweeted it. “It’s our newest office decoration!” he wrote.

Twitter trolling

Like his boss, Cuccinelli has a knack for Twitter trolling. He’s also experienced at talking-he television — ar skill that pays dividends with President Donald Trump. And he’s w emerging as public face of president’s hard-line immigration policies. Department of Homeland Security under Trump is making massive changes to U.S. immigration policy. It is denying asylum claims by rendering ineligible anyone who came to U.S.-Mexico border through a third country, tightening immigration benefits, and moving toward a merit-based system. changes are thrilling Trump’s base and enraging opponents who say U.S. is abandoning its humanitarian mission.

“ most important thing is that communication was part of charge I got from president, So, we just charge ahe. It’s probably top policy of interest to American people and it’s t going to change any time soon,” he said to Associated Press. 

Massive changes

Department of Homeland Security under Trump is making massive changes to U.S. immigration policy. It is denying asylum claims by rendering ineligible anyone who came to U.S.-Mexico border through a third country, tightening immigration benefits, and moving toward a merit-based system. changes are thrilling Trump’s base and enraging opponents who say U.S. is abandoning its humanitarian mission. Cuccinelli took over USCIS, a part of Homeland Security, a few months ago, following a White House-orchestrated staff shakeup at department that also felled n-Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. He replaced L. Francis Cissna, who changed motto of USCIS to delete “nation of immigrants”. ncy mans green cards, benefits, naturalization, visas, and asylum. But various Homeland Security immigration ncies tend to blend se days with ever-changing leers promoting Trump’s overall immigration nda.

y all appeared toger this week in Laredo, Texas, to tour tent courts where hundreds of migrants forced to wait in Mexico pleed ir asylum cases. Cuccinelli took le in talking to media. He frequently comments on Twitter and TV about immigration subjects outside his ncy. U.S. Customs and Border Protection acting he Mark Morgan, ar frequent TV commenter, joked that one kws difference among m.

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“Which is a major problem in one sense, but it also gives us opportunity to just dress issue and t have to create se buckets,” he said.

But Cuccinelli’s impact has been felt at his ncy. re are reports of staff reassignments, asylum officers in tears over policy changes, and friction over increasing restrictions. Michael Kwles, an asylum officer and spokesman for union, AFGE National CIS Council 119, said morale among asylum officers is very low. He said Cuccinelli has scolded m for approving too many initial screenings.

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“And it seemed like every ministration — wher left, right or center — has supported our country’s asylum and refugee programs, because giving safe haven to oppressed was always seen as patriotic, American thing to do,” he said. “Until w.”

Despite criticism, nearly 34,000 new U.S. citizens will be naturalized this week in more than 300 special ceremonies in celebration of Constitution Week. During 2018′s budget year, ncy naturalized than 756,000 people, a five-year high in new oaths of citizenship. Cuccinelli is proud of those figures. He talked in-depth about challenges with asylum case backlogs. He says he does t view USCIS as an immigrant benefits ncy, but rar a vetting ncy.

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“That doesn’t mean we don’t offer benefits, but it does mean that our first obligation is to uphold standards, including security standards,” he said.
 

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