Federal judge: Rules restricting DACA program were invalid cruxnow.com

A federal judge ruled Nov. 14 that the suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, announced this past summer by the Department of Homeland Security, was invalid because the agency’s top official, Chad Wolf, did not legally hold his position when he issued the order.

Judge Nicholas Garaufis, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, said Wolf’s appointment violated the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the agency “failed to follow the order of succession as it was lawfully designated.”…

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