Trump dismissed the acting Prosecutor General for refusing to execute his immigration decree – Forbes Russia

Boente already appealed to the Prosecutor’s office with the requirement to comply with “under oath” duty to ensure the implementation of the decree of the President of trump on immigration and refugees. “The decree is a legitimate and properly-prepared”, — quotes the text of her statement distributed by the U.S. Department of justice, the Agency AP.

Previously the acting Prosecutor General Yates turned to his subordinate with a sharp criticism of the legal basis of the decree of the trump in the field of tightening immigration policy. “I’m not convinced that the protection of the decree correspond to our duties, and that this decree is legal,” she wrote in a memo to employees of the Ministry of justice. Yates said that while she performs the duties of the attorney General, “the Ministry of justice will not provide arguments in defence of the decree”. She urged lawyers not to speak in support of the decree in those States that have filed lawsuits against him.

Earlier, the President of the United States trump has signed the decree “On the protection of the country from the

entry of foreign terrorists.” It prohibits the entry into the country for 90 days to citizens of seven Muslim countries, including Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Somalia and the Sudan. Suspends the reception of all refugees in 120 days. And prohibits indefinitely the admission of refugees from Syria. Trump has also reduced the quota for accepting refugees, allowing the United States to take in the 2017 fiscal year (began in October 2016) no more than 50 000 people.

the Decree led to mass protests and legal disputes. Lawsuits against the decree filed in the States of Washington, Virginia, California, new York and Massachusetts.