Think we want to start. You should eat because youre going to be doing a lot of talking. Good morning, im linda feldman, Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is ken cuccinelli, acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services, and this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast, so welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Thank you. Now, a bit of background, mr. Cuccinelli was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia where he graduated from uva and then earned a law degree and a masters an International Commerce and policy. In 2002, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from Fairfax County and in 2009, he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinellis time as attorney earned him a reputation as a staunch conservative, which he parlayed into a bid for the governorship in 2013. He lost narrowly, but has remained engaged in politics, serving as head of the Senate Conservatives
Director of citizenship and Immigration Services talks about criminal deportation of undocumented immigrants. This is hosted by the Christian Science monitor. Okay, are we good . But i think we want to start. You should eat because youre going to be doing a lot of talking. Good morning, im linda feldman, Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is ken cuccinelli, acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services, and this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast, so welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Thank you. Now, a bit of background, mr. Cuccinelli was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia where he graduated from uva and then earned a law degree and a masters an International Commerce and policy. In 2002, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from Fairfax County and in 2009, he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinellis time as attorney earned him a reputation a
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