Ken Cuccinelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ken Cuccinelli

American politician

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1968

Place of Birth: Edison, New Jersey, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Ken Cuccinelli

  • Kenneth Thomas Cuccinelli II ( KOO-chi-NEL-ee; born July 30, 1968) is an American politician and lawyer currently serving as Principal Deputy Director of the U.S.
  • Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency and Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
  • He previously served as the 46th attorney general of Virginia from 2010 until 2014, and acting Director of USCIS agency.
  • Before this, he was in the Virginia Senate, representing the 37th district in Fairfax County from 2002 until he took office as attorney general in 2010.
  • On May 18, 2013, Cuccinelli won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination at the state party convention.
  • Cuccinelli was the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election, losing to the Democratic nominee, Terry McAuliffe, by 56,435 votes or 2.5% of the total votes cast.A self-described opponent of homosexuality, Cuccinelli in his position as Virginia Attorney General defended anti-sodomy laws and prohibitions on same-sex marriage.
  • Cuccinelli rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, and in his position as Attorney General investigated climate scientists, who he argued were engaged in fraud.
  • He filed lawsuits against the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Characterized as an immigration hard-liner, Cuccinelli sought to prohibit undocumented immigrants from attending universities, repeal birthright citizenship, force employees to speak English in the workplace.
  • As CIS Director, he implemented and defended policies that would reject applications for visas or permanent residency for immigrants considered likely to utilize publicly funded benefits programs.

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