President
Donald Trump is looking for a new political fighter to push through hard-line
immigration policies — just in time for his reelection campaign.
People inside and outside the
White House are lobbying Trump to give the job of Homeland Security secretary to Ken Cuccinelli, a newcomer to the administration who has quickly developed direct access to the president, according to five people familiar with the situation.
Cuccinelli, acting head of the relatively obscure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is one of the president’s top lieutenants for his aggressive immigration agenda who has the support of leading DHS officials, as well as Stephen Miller, Trump’s senior adviser who plays an outsize role on the issue.