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Protesters gather outside of the Israeli Embassy in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Houston./Houston Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

Homeland Security at a loss to explain hiring of former PLO official for work on asylum cases

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security testifies during House Oversight subcommittee hearing on deportation of critically ill children on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Former Trump official breaks ranks, launches PAC pushing DeSantis 2024 bid

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

Then-acting Deputy Secretary of the Homeland Security Department Ken Cuccinelli signed the agreements in the final weeks of the Trump administration. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Cuccinelli hits Herring for taking Va. in ‘bad direction’ on crime

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Afghan citizens pack inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, as they are transported from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. The Taliban on Sunday swept into Kabul, the Afghan capital, after capturing most of Afghanistan. (Capt. Chris Herbert/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Top Trump officials warn against flood of Afghan visas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democrats and Republicans have been arguing about voter ID laws for more than a decade. The laws are still being hotly debated. (Associated Press)

Conservatives, liberals spar over value of voter ID laws, studies examining them

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Department of Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on "Threats to the Homeland" Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

DHS: Tech companies’ censorship is ‘grave threat to national security’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, photo, people use the legal border crossing into the United States, on the U.S.- Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico. In its efforts to remake the U.S. immigration system, the Trump administration has often stumbled over an obscure law that governs how administrative policies are made. Its latest test is a mammoth proposal to severely limit access to asylum, which invited nearly 80,000 public comments before the Wednesday, July 15, 2020, deadline to offer feedback. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel) **FILE**

DOJ, DHS announce new rules to keep drunk drivers, gang members from getting asylum

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

How ICE ‘abandoned’ cities and forced communities like Los Angeles to embrace sanctuary status

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2019, file photo the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal is seen during a news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

Inspector general declines to investigate DHS leadership

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, still image taken from video released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, shows Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva taking questions at a late-night news conference about the condition of two Sheriff's deputies in Compton, Calif. Authorities searched Sunday for a gunman who shot and wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were sitting in their squad car, an apparent ambush that drew an angry response from the president and sparked an anti-police protest outside the hospital where the deputies were being treated. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Los Angeles: ICE ‘abandoned’ local law enforcement, spurred embrace of sanctuary policies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2020, photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a field operations officer inspects a suspect hair accessory at a centralized exam station in Newark, N.J. On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained a shipment of weaves believed to be made in a Chinese detention camp. The shipment is suspected to be human hair. Some information on the package was blurred by the source. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

DHS blocks some Chinese clothing, hair products over forced labor allegations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva talks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, outside the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters, with members of the &quot;Safe LA Task Force&quot;, announcing arrests for arson, looting, assault and vandalism, among other crimes, that occurred during protests against police brutality in the Los Angeles region. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

DHS says Los Angeles sheriff’s sanctuary policy will kill innocent people

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Department of Homeland Security officer emerges from the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse after demonstrators lit a fire on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Following an agreement between Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration to reduce federal officers in the city, nightly protests remained largely peaceful without major confrontations between protesters and officers. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Federal officers targeted by Portland mobs with lasers suffer ‘days-long blindness’; 113 injured

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A protester walks away from chemical irritants as federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Sunday, July 19, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Officers used teargas and projectiles to move the crowd after some protesters tore down a fence fronting the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Ken Cuccinelli: DHS would deploy Portland-like response if there are threats elsewhere

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center, Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Donald Trump to cut 525,000 foreign guest-workers to speed coronavirus jobs recovery

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 30, 2019, photo, Ken Cuccinelli, acting director for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, testifies during House Oversight subcommittee hearing on deportation of critically ill children on Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal judge has ruled that Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and, as a result, lacked authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Ken Cuccinelli appointment to citizenship office was illegal, judge rules

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

“The goal is to make sure that people who are granted long-term status, legal permanent residence status, can stand on their own two feet. And get back to that American tradition that has been in law for over 140 years,"  Acting head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli said. (Associated Press photograph)

Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully appointed USCIS chief, judge rules

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli, speaks during a briefing at the White House, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump team yanking green cards from immigrants who abuse U.S. welfare system

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 12, 2019, file photo, acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli, speaks during a briefing at the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘Public charge’ rule linking welfare use to green card chances take effect

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Matthew Albence, right, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a news conference, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in New York. The country's top immigration official blamed the &quot;sanctuary policies&quot; of New York City on Friday for the sexual assault and killing of a 92-year-old woman, while the mayor's office decried such rhetoric as &quot;fear, hate and attempts to divide.&quot; (AP Photo/Jim Mustian) **FILE**

DHS suspends New York from travel program in response to sanctuary laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times