In a letter to DHS colleagues that was obtained by The Hill, Wolf cited ongoing litigation challenging the validity of his position as the reason for his sooner-than-planned departure.
Fahey had taken over ICE from Tony Pham, who left last month after assuming the post in August.
ICE has had six directors under the Trump administration, though the agency has not had a Senate-confirmed director during the past four years.
The leadership changes at DHS come amid growing concerns about potential security risks surrounding President-elect Joe Biden
News of Wolf’s resignation came roughly an hour after he announced that the Secret Service would begin implementing security measures tied to the inauguration on Wednesday, six days earlier than planned. The FBI is said to have warned of the potential for armed protests across the country beginning this weekend.
The resignation came as Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf stepped down, three days after a court ruled that his appointment was unlawful.
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Without Donald Trump to kick around, 2021 just won’t be the same for the mainstream media | Mulshine
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Posted Jan 03, 2021
President Donald Trump holds a rally for Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew at the Wildwoods Convention Center last January. Van Drew, who switched from the Democratic party late in 2019, was one of many Republicans who won election as Trump was losing. (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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As of Jan. 20, you won’t have Donald Trump to kick around anymore.
I allude, of course, to the remark Richard Nixon made to the press in 1962 after losing a run for governor of California.