Bloomberg Law
Oct. 16, 2020, 9:00 AM

Homeland Chief Skirts Courts, Seeks to Ratify Visa, Asylum Rules

Genevieve Douglas
Genevieve Douglas
Reporter
Shaun Courtney
Shaun Courtney
Reporter

Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, moved to ratify a slate of measures laid out by his predecessor, Kevin McAleenan, brushing aside recent court rulings that said it was likely that both men improperly served in that role.

A Department of Homeland Security notice, signed by Wolf Oct. 7 and scheduled for publication in Friday’s Federal Register, purports to affirm a number of previous actions by McAleenan, who served as acting secretary immediately after the April 2019 resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen—the last Senate-confirmed person to lead the department—and one previous action by U. S. Citizenship and ...

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