Judge rules Daca suspension invalid, Homeland Security head in office illegally

Chad Wolf took office unlawfully, says federal court judge, therefore could not suspend program that shields young people from deportation

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, assumed his position unlawfully and has invalidated Wolf's suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program, which shields young people from deportation.

DHS failed to follow the order of succession as it was lawfully designated," the US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote.