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    White House Factions Fight Over Trump's Next Homeland Security Secretary

    White House staffers have told President Trump he can't choose two immigration hard-liners for a top job because of federal vacancy rules, according to two people familiar with the conversations.
    by Franco Ordoñez Oct 21, 2019 2 minutes
    Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli speaks about immigration policy at the White House on Aug. 12. Immigration hard-liners are pushing for him to be the next secretary of homeland security.

    Updated at 9:15 p.m. ET

    Immigration hard-liners inside and outside the White House are fighting to keep Ken Cuccinelli and Mark Morgan in the running for the top job at the Department of Homeland Security after their candidacies hit a snag.

    White House staffers have told President Trump that Cuccinelli and Morgan — both viewed as tough on immigration issues — are ineligible to

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