Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully appointed to lead US immigration agency, judge rules

[sandensea]

Source: The Guardian

A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and as a result lacked the authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews.

Cuccinelli, a former Virginia attorney general and an immigration hardliner, was named to a new position of “principal deputy director” in June, which made him acting director because Lee Francis Cissna had just resigned.

The agency grants green cards and other visas and oversees asylum officers.

The US district judge Randolph Moss in Washington found Cuccinelli’s appointment violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, a 1998 law governing who is eligible to lead federal agencies in an acting capacity.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/02/ken-cuccinelli-unlawfully-appointed-federal-judge

[maxsolomon]

1. The Rule of Law is so 2016.

Just kick it up the Judicial ladder till the clock runs out.

[mitch96]

2. And if tRump says NO...who is gonna kick him out?? nt

[sandensea]

3. That is the question, isn't it.

As long as we have a regime, instead of an administration, that'll always be the problem

[lagomorph777]

4. Cuccinelli was a horrible crook as VA AG.

He tried to prosecute academic scientists for doing climate research.

Hardly surprising he's still a horrible crook.