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Ex-DHS chief attempts to skirt legal mess to keep Trump administration’s immigration policies in place Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf ratified his own policies and several controversial Trump immigration measures, in a last-ditch effort to overcome legal challenges that threatened his tenure. Wolf stepped down Monday amid legal turmoil over his authority to lead the department. Multiple courts have ruled that Wolf was unlawfully serving as the acting secretary, which would mean that policies he approved while in the role could not legally remain in — or go into — ef...

Ex-DHS chief Chad Wolf ratifies policies in latest attempt to fix legal mess Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf ratified his own policies and several controversial Trump immigration measures, in a last-ditch effort to overcome legal challenges that threatened his tenure. Wolf stepped down Monday amid legal turmoil over his authority to lead the department, leaving Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor to serve as acting secretary in the final days of the Trump administration. However, Wolf remained at the department in his Senate-confirmed undersecret...

Chad Wolf resigns as acting secretary of Homeland Security CNN 1/12/2021 By Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands, CNN © Samuel Corum/Getty Images Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf speaks during a press conference on the actions taken by Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security agents in Portland during continued protests at the US Customs and Border Patrol headquarters on July 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chad Wolf is resigning as the acting secretary of Homeland Security, he said in a letter to the department Monday obtained by CNN. Federal Emergency Manag...

Top Democrats press for Trump’s immediate removal from office (Erin Schaff | The New York Times) Pro-Trump protesters storm the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, on the same day as a joint session of Congress met to certify the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election. President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election came to a dangerous head on Wednesday when a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol following a rally in which Trump once again falsely claimed widespread voter fraud. By Nicholas Fandos | The New York Times   | Jan....