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September 24, 2020

Amnesty International Tells Senate to Reject Chad Wolf as Homeland Security Secretary
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Amnesty International is demanding the United States Senate reject Chad
Wolf to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,
citing his involvement in President Trump's family separations policy
along the U.S.-Mexico border and other human rights violations. On
Wednesday, Wolf told a Senate committee at his confirmation hearing he
was unaware that his wife's company was awarded more than $6 million in
contracts from the Department of Homeland Security since 2018. Wolf has
served as acting secretary of the department since last November, though
earlier this month a federal judge ruled he is likely serving unlawfully
in that capacity.


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