Sally Yates

More Than 100 Former Officials Sign Letter Opposing Trump's Executive Order

... comply with the new order. Those detained reportedly included green-card holders and people who already obtained U. S. visas. Protests broke out at airports across the country, and a judge issued an emergency stay over the weekend, ruling that previously approved refugees or those with valid visas who were in transit should not be turned back. “The suddenness of this Order is also troubling,” the letter reads. “The fact that individuals cleared for admission were literally in the air as the Order went into effect speaks to the haste with which it was developed and implemented.”. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that the necessary officials were prepped for the order, and that any public advance notice would have allowed people to flood into the U. S. 1 day. Trump fires acting AG for refusing. President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday just. 2,141 Shares. Obama joins fray over Trump order Barack Obama’s office on Monday criticized President Trump’s travel ban. 1,600 Shares. Trump replaces acting Immigration. Daniel Ragsdale has reportedly been replaced by Thomas D. Homan. 1,156 Shares. Trump signs '2-for-1' ...

Sally Yates Tells Justice Department Not To Defend Trump Travel Order In Court

... to question the senator about the executive actions signed by Mr. Trump. The vote was already delayed once by a week at the request of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, in order to give lawmakers more time to review additional documents and responses provided by Mr. Sessions. Mr. Trump noted the delay in a post on Twitter late Monday after news of Ms. Yates ‘ actions broke. “The Democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. They have nothing going but to obstruct. Now have an Obama A. G.,” Mr. Trump wrote. Ms. Yates said the Office of Legal Counsel review “does not take account of statements made by an administration or it surrogates close in time to the issuance of an Executive Order that may bear on the order’s purpose.”. “And importantly, it does not address whether any policy choice embodied in an Executive Order is wise or just,” Ms. Yates continued. Critics have falsely called the executive order a “Muslim ...

Trump Feuert Kommissarische Justizministerin Yates

... entlassen. Yates habe „das Justizministerium verraten“, indem sie sich geweigert habe, eine rechtliche Anordnung durchzusetzen, die dem Schutz der amerikanischen Bevölkerung diene, teilte das Weiße Haus am Montagabend (Ortszeit) mit. Ihre Position übernimmt nun übergangsweise Dana Boente, bislang Generalstaatsanwalt in Virginia. Yates hatte zuvor erklärt, sie sei nicht überzeugt von der Rechtmäßigkeit des Einreiseverbots. Sie wies die Anwälte des Justizministeriums an, das Dekret nicht juristisch zu verteidigen. Es war eine von Trumps ersten Amtshandlungen: Wer Abtreibungen auch nur erwähnt, bekommt kein Steuergeld mehr. Das konservative Washington will zurück in die Vergangenheit, auch gegen den Willen der eigenen Bürger. mehr…. Yates war unter der Regierung des Demokraten Barack Obama zur stellvertretenden Generalstaatsanwältin ernannt worden. Nachdem Justizministerium Loretta Lynch mit Trumps Amtseinführung ausgeschieden war, führte die 56-Jährige das Amt kommissarisch. Die neue Regierung hatte sie ...

Who Is Sally Yates

... Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. JUST WATCHED. Yates spent a long career in the Justice Department. She was fired Monday after refusing to defend Trump's executive order on immigration. Washington (CNN). President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night after she refused to defend his immigration order and touched off a major drama in the opening days of his presidency. "The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement. The fast-moving events Monday thrust Yates into a standoff with the new president and into the national spotlight. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Yates had been running Trump's Justice Department until his attorney general nominee, Sen. Jeff Sessions, is confirmed. Before that, she had spent years defending Obama administration policies, championing changes to the criminal justice system and ...

Trump Will Let Obama’s Top Federal Prosecutors Stick Around, For Now

... determined,” Wyn Hornbuckle, a DOJ spokesman, said in a statement. The Executive Office for United States Attorneys informed the officials of the decision, he said. The incoming Trump administration also asked Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to serve as acting Attorney General, effective noon on Friday, until Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is confirmed as AG, Hornbuckle said. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will vacate the position Friday. U. S. attorneys are the top federal prosecutors in districts across the United States, and are charged with supervising the enforcement of federal law and defending the U. S. government in court. They wield enormous power and discretion. Out of 94 federal districts across the country, 53 U. S. attorneys currently in place were presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed, ...

Trump Despide A Secretaria De Justicia, Sally Yates, Tras Decir Que No Defenderá Veto A Refugiados

... sea confirmado por el Senado" en el cargo. Fiscal general interino de EEUU ordena no defender decreto de Trump. Foto AP. La fiscal general interina de Estados Unidos dijo este lunes que el Departamento de Justicia (Do J) no defenderá la decisión del presidente Donald Trump de prohibir el ingreso al país de refugiados y personas provenientes de siete países musulmanes. En un memorándum, la secretaria de Justicia interina Sally Yates -que sirvió como número dos del Do J bajo la presidencia de Barack Obama- que ocupa el cargo hasta la confirmación en el Congreso del designado por Trump, dijo que dudaba de la legalidad y la moralidad de la orden ejecutiva de la Presidencia. Además: ¿Qué hacer si te detiene migración de Estados Unidos. "Mi responsabilidad es asegurar que la posición del ...

Obama To Grant Hundreds More Drug Commutations

... his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returned to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii. His last vacation behind him, President Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump. Obama returned to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii. (Tribune news services). Neither Trump nor his attorney general nominee, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., has said what actions might be taken on drug-charging policy or clemency, but during his campaign, Trump criticized Obama's initiative to grant commutations. "Some of these people are bad dudes," he said. "And these are people who are out, they're walking the streets. Sleep tight, folks.". Yates, who has been responsible for the day-to-day running of the 113,000-employee Justice Department, led the clemency initiative alongside other criminal justice change efforts. In November, for instance, she created a semiautonomous "school district" for inmates ...

Lax Border Agents Asked Detainees To Sign Away Us Residency

... at Access Services California. It's an organization that helps immigrants and refugees get integrated into American society. Most of the women in the classroom wore headscarves, and many were refugees — including Reem Noori. She was a lawyer in Iraq and she came to the U. S. two years ago. She said she was shocked by President Trump announcement Friday. “People flee their homes and want to come here seeking safety and justice," she said. Noori said she understood the president’s desire to keep the country safe — she came from a country where civilians are still killed in conflict weekly. But she didn’t understand why he was targeting refugees. “We want to contribute with American people to make America great — or great again, as he said.". Another Iraqi student, Sabeeha Hajazi, has been trying for years to bring her grandchildren and her youngest son — who she says worked security on a U. S. military base — to live with her in Anaheim. “But now this order, it finish any hope,” she said. News of the travel ban was all the talk in the "Tehrangeles" neighborhood in Westwood — home to many Iranians who fled the country in the 1970 s and '80 s. ...

Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Orders Doj Not To Defend Trump's Immigration Ban

... Sally Q. Yates, an appointee of former President Barack Obama who is serving as head of the Department of Justice until President Donald Trump's replacement is confirmed by the Senate, ordered DOJ employees on Monday not to defend Trump's entry bans on refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations. In a letter to top DOJ lawyers , Yates wrote she disagreed with the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel's vetting of the executive order and is "at present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with [her] responsibilities nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful.". 23 PHOTOS. Protesters and lawyers welcome international travelers in airports amid immigration ban. See Gallery. Protesters and lawyers welcome international travelers in airports amid immigration ban. A young girl dances with an American flag ...

Trump Has Fired The Acting Attorney General Who Ordered Justice Dept. Not To Defend President’s Travel Ban

... get access to it. The ACLU’s suit in New York is perhaps the most significant of a growing number of legal challenges to the order. The Council on American-Islamic Relations also filed a sweeping challenge Monday, alleging that the order is meant “to initiate the mass expulsion of immigrant and non-immigrant Muslims lawfully residing in the United States.” The lawsuit lists 27 plaintiffs, many of them lawful permanent residents and refugees who allege that Trump’s order will deny them citizenship or prevent them from traveling abroad and returning home. Lawyers with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed a similar challenge in Washington state. Bob Ferguson, Washington state’s attorney general, said Monday that he, too, plans to file a federal lawsuit seeking an immediate halt to the order’s ...

President Trump Fires Attorney General Sally Yates

... Libya, Sudan and Yemen. UW-Madison spokeswoman Meredith Mc Glone says the university is working with one student whose plans to travel back to the U. S. may be affected by the order. She says no further details are available yet. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is calling on Trump to reverse the order. 1 p.m. University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is calling for President Donald Trump to reconsider his travel ban affecting seven predominantly Muslim countries. Blank said in a statement Monday that the order affects the university's "researchers, scholars, students, and staff who are essential to our goals of providing a world-class education.". Blank says the president's executive order must not keep out those who have good reasons to travel, including international students, faculty and staff. Blank says, "We call on our leaders to search for a balanced approach that does not weaken our higher education system, the competitiveness of our economy and core principles of our democracy.". 12:20 p.m. The director of an organization that helps refugees says a ...

Trump Has Fired Acting U.s. Attorney General Sally Yates

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