Subsequent Trump-Era and Court Action(s)

• November 16, 2020

  DHS Issues Ratification of Certain Actions Taken by McAleenan and Edlow

  Acting Secretary Wolf issued a second "ratification" of prior actions taken by former Acting Secretary McAleenan and Deputy Director Edlow on November 16, 2020.

  President Trump submitted Acting Secretary Wolf's nomination to the Senate on September 10, 2020. FEMA Administrator Gaynor then issued a revised order of succession, pursuant to the HSA, 6 U.S.C. 113(g)(2), on November 14, 2020. The second ratification followed the Gaynor order.

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• November 25, 2020

  Ratification of Department Actions

  DHS publishes ratifications in the Federal Register "out of an abundance of caution," while maintaining that Acting Secretary Wolf had the authority to issue these ratifications.

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• January 13, 2021

  Under Secretary Wolf Ratifies Prior Delegable Actions as DHS Acting Secretary

  After issuing a new order of succession and resigning as Acting Secretary on January 11, now-Undersecretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans Wolf issued a memo affirming and ratifying each of his prior delegable actions as DHS Acting Secretary, as limited, certain delegable actions taken by former Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan, and one delegable action taken by USCIS Deputy Director for Policy Joseph Edlow.

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