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News Articles: Chad Wolf

People demonstrate in June in Los Angeles in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Immigrant rights advocates hailed a Friday court ruling allowing new applications as a "huge victory for people who have been waiting to apply for DACA for the first time."

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore DACA As It Existed Under Obama

Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis instructed the Department of Homeland Security to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as soon as Monday.

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  • Vanessa Romo
President Trump listens to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf during a May briefing. Trump announced on Twitter he was nominating Wolf as DHS chief, but it's unclear if the GOP-controlled Senate will vote to confirm him.

Trump Nominates Chad Wolf To Be Homeland Security Chief

Wolf has headed the department in an acting capacity since November. It is unclear if the GOP-controlled Senate will vote to confirm him.

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  • Vanessa Romo
Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, addresses a news conference Tuesday in Washington, D.C., on the situation in Portland, Ore.

'We Will Not Retreat': Homeland Security Vows Continued Federal Response To Protests

Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf insists that federal officers would defend the rights of peaceful protesters in Portland, Ore., but promises no letup against criminal activity.

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  • Scott Neuman
Federal agents disperse protesters near the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on Monday in Portland, Ore. State and local officials say the federal law enforcement officers have incited violence in the city.

'They Just Started Waling On Me': Violence In Portland As U.S. Agents Clamp Down

A new image of the federal response in Oregon has gone viral: a video showing 53-year-old Navy veteran Christopher David being struck repeatedly with a baton by a federal law enforcement officer.

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  • Laurel Wamsley
A statue of John Harvard, namesake of the university, overlooks the campus earlier this year. Harvard University joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in suing the federal government over its policies on international students Wednesday.

Harvard, MIT Sue Immigration Officials Over Rule Blocking Some International Students

The policy — which bars foreign students unless they have in-person classes — will "create as much chaos for universities and international students as possible," the schools said Wednesday.

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  • Colin Dwyer