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Jon Mark
4 min readMay 25, 2019

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As part of an effort to “toughen” his stance against illegal immigration, President Trump is said to be replacing the outgoing L. Francis Cissna with Ken Cuccinelli as the new director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Cissna sent an email to agency employees Friday evening saying:

”At the request of the President, I submitted my resignation today, effective June 1, 2019.”

That statement would indicate that President Trump has indeed fired the Peruvian-American official.

Cissna’s forced resignation follows a month after President Trump shook up the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) firing DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the Department’s Undersecretary for Management Claire Grady, Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles, and Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ronald Vitiello.

In most cases, if not all, Trump has removed officials for not enforcing his demands and/or questioning him. Specifically, with regard to Vitiello, the President and others in sync with his views did not think he would be tough enough against illegal immigration.

“Soft” Stance On Illegal Immigration Leads To Cissna’s Removal

Official portrait of USCIS Director Lee Francis Cissna by DHS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services via Wikimedia/Public Domain

Last fall, Cisna, and the White House clashed during a conference call. It was reported to be a shouting match between a senior White House official…

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Jon Mark
Jon Mark

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