Federal judge rules acting DHS secretary was unlawfully appointed and invalidates DACA suspension

Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn issued the ruling today.

NBC News: "Wolf was not lawfully serving as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security under the HSA [Homeland Security Act] when he issued the Wolf Memorandum" that suspended DACA."

CBS News: "Garaufis said he found Wolf's appointment to be unlawful because it violated the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Other federal judges have reached the same conclusion."

CBS News: "After the U.S. Supreme Court in June blocked the Trump administration from immediately terminating DACA, Wolf issued new guidelines for the Obama-era initiative while his department deliberated on whether it would attempt to end the program once again."

Business Insider: "DHS failed to follow the order of succession as it was lawfully designated," US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote. "Therefore, the actions taken by purported Acting Secretaries, who were not properly in their roles according to the lawful order of succession, were taken without legal authority."