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The White House plans to name Homeland Security official Chad Wolf acting secretary, according to three people familiar with the situation. Wolf will replace acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan, whose last day in the job was supposed to be Thursday. McAleenan will now stay until Nov. 7, according to one of the people with knowledge of the matter.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged lawmakers Tuesday to create legislation that would require employers to use a federally operated database to verify the immigration status of workers. About two dozen states now tap into the E-Verify data. But some of them, including Florida, only require verification for government jobs.

As reported by Politico, Chad Wolf, who sits at the top of Trump's shortlist for Acting Sec. of DHS, worked as a lobbyist pressuring members of Congress to expand the already inflated H-1B visa program. The report states that Wolf represented Indian and U.S. companies that place H-1B workers, often displacing U.S. workers in the process.

Tim Robbins, ICE's top deportation official, told Congress on Tuesday that as many as 100 criminal illegal aliens are being released into the Los Angeles, Calif., area every day. While some argue that sanctuary policies are "protecting" the immigrant community, former Acting Director of ICE Tom Homan reacted, saying criminal illegal immigrants are a threat to those communities.