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Ken Cuccinelli

xvii Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“Ken Cuccinelli served as Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2019 and then, from November 2019 through the end of the Trump Administration, as Acting Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. During his tenure as Acting Deputy Secretary, Ken also served as the Chief Regulatory Officer for the Department of Homeland Security. He also has served the Commonwealth of Virginia, first as a state senator and then as Virginia’s 46th Attorney General.”

In government

No executive-branch post found in a search on Aug 27, 2026. Senate nominations and White House appointments watched since, through Oct 16, 2026.

Bylined chapters

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Pursue legislation to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security Needs Congress Not started
  2. Combine CBP, ICE, USCIS, ORR, EOIR and OIL into a Cabinet-level border agency Needs Congress Not started
  3. Move CISA to the Department of Transportation Needs Congress Not started
  4. Move FEMA to the Department of the Interior Needs Congress Not started
  5. Move the U.S. Coast Guard to DOJ, and to DOD in time of full-scale war Needs Congress Not started
  6. Split the Secret Service between DOJ and Treasury Needs Congress Not started
  7. Privatize the Transportation Security Administration Needs Congress Not started
  8. Dismantle DHS's remaining supporting components Needs Congress Partially done
  9. Consolidate ICE and CBP into a Border Security and Immigration Agency Needs Congress Not started
  10. Eliminate the T and U visas Needs Congress Not started
  11. Repeal the diversity visa lottery Needs Congress Not started
  12. End chain migration and limit family immigration to the nuclear family Needs Congress Not started
  13. Repeal Temporary Protected Status designations Needs Congress Partially done
  14. Permanently authorize and mandate E-Verify Needs Congress Not started
  15. Create a Title 42-style expulsion authority inside Title 8 Needs Congress Blocked
  16. Enact a mandatory appropriation for the border wall system Needs Congress Done
  17. Repeal Section 235 of the TVPRA Needs Congress Not started
  18. End the Flores Settlement Agreement by statute Needs Congress Blocked
  19. Amend the TVPRA to move custody of unaccompanied alien children from HHS to DHS Needs Congress Not started
  20. Eliminate the 'particular social group' protected ground for asylum Needs Congress Attempted
  21. Authorize state and local police to enforce immigration law Needs Congress Attempted
  22. Reinstate the Remain in Mexico (Migrant Protection Protocols) policy Day one Partially done
  23. Wind down the National Flood Insurance Program and privatize it Needs Congress Not started
  24. Eliminate the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis Needs Congress Attempted
  25. Move the Office of Refugee Resettlement from HHS to DHS Needs Congress Not started
  26. Use active-duty military and National Guard to secure the border Done
  27. Move EOIR and the Office of Immigration Litigation from DOJ to DHS Needs Congress Partially done

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