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Chad Wolf

Chad Wolf

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security (2019-2021)

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The five-year journey of Trump's pandemic asylum ban

Rule Changes

Oversaw original publication of the Security Bars rule

A Trump-era rule takes effect December 31, 2025, letting immigration officials deny asylum to anyone deemed a security threat based on communicable diseases. The rule was first published in December 2020, delayed five times by Biden's DHS, and now becomes law under Trump, despite no active pandemic.

Updated May 18