DHS Head: ACLU ‘Peddling Inaccurate Information’ Amid Calls to Dismantle Department

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf speaks during a press conference on the actions taken by federal officers and agents in Portland during continued unrest from the US Customs and Border Patrol headquarters in Washington on July 21, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chad Wolf said the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was peddling misinformation amid its calls to dismantle the department responsible for public security.

Wolf made the comments in an op-ed published on Newsweek on Monday in response to sharp criticism leveled at the DHS by the ACLU. The civil rights advocacy group published its claims about the department in a separate op-ed published on USA Today earlier this month.