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    DHS's Cuccinelli Faces Backlash Over Deleted Tweet About Suspect In Hanukkah Stabbing

    Critics questioned the relevance of impugning Grafton Thomas' entire family over his alleged crimes and wondered how the immigration status of his father was relevant to the suspect's alleged crimes.
    by Bobby Allyn Dec 31, 2019 2 minutes

    A top Trump administration official has been criticized for saying on Monday that the man charged with stabbing five people at a Hanukkah celebration in New York was the son of an "illegal alien" and came from a family that lacked "American values."

    Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration tweet about suspect Grafton Thomas.

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