Democrat accuses immigration chief of pursuing “white supremacist ideology”

Yesterday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing entitled “The Administration’s Decision to Deport Critically Ill Children and Their Families.” The hearing marked the first time that Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Ken Cuccinelli, and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Matthew T. Albence, faced the Committee since the beginning of its investigation into the Trump Administration’s decision to deport children with critical illnesses and their families.

NBC News reports that Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Cuccinelli was pursuing a “heinous white supremacist ideology at all costs, even if it means making critically ill children your collateral damage.” Wasserman Schultz took particular offense that Cuccinelli did not know how many children would stop receiving access to essential social services if a proposed immigration rule that has been blocked by the courts goes into effect.

Cuccinelli responded by saying that neither he nor President Trump were white supremacists.

KJ