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

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Lax Border Agents Asked Detainees To Sign Away Us Residency

... 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. Saghar Fanisalek, the owner of the Taste of Tehran restaurant, said Trump's order “hurt, it’s absolutely discrimination.”. Fanisalek said she had friends who were visiting family in Iran when the travel ban was announced. She said now they’re “very, very upset” and worried they’ll be stuck in Tehran, even though they have permits allowing them to live and work in the U. S. One customer, Javad Seyedzadeh, said there was a " tremendous amount of anxiety" since the travel ban was announced, as well as “uncertainty and confusion.”. Seyedzadeh, who is a U. S. citizen, said he ...

Obama To Grant Hundreds More Drug Commutations

... "school district" for inmates in federal prison. With its own superintendent, the school district offers programs for literacy, high school diplomas and postsecondary education. She cited research that shows that inmates participating in correctional education programs are 43 percent less likely to reoffend and return to prison than those who do not participate; the initiative could mean cost savings for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Federal prison costs represent about one-third of the Justice Department's $27 billion annual budget. Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president, the White House said Monday. Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire ...

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

... wrote. She wrote that “for as long as I am the Acting Attorney General, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the Executive Order, unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so.”. Yates is a holdover from the Obama administration, but the move nonetheless marks a stunning dissent to the president’s directive from someone who would be on the front lines of implementing it. Also Monday, State Department diplomats circulated various drafts of a memo objecting to Trump’s order, which was issued Friday. The document is destined for what’s known as the department’s Dissent Channel, which was set up during the Vietnam War as a way for diplomats to signal to senior leadership their disagreement on foreign policy decisions. More than 100 diplomats have signed the memo, which argues that the immigration ban will not deter ...

Who Is Sally Yates

... is Sally Yates. By Eli Watkins , CNN. Updated 0424 GMT (1224 HKT) January 31, 2017. Chat with us in Facebook 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 ...

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

... launched an effort last week to delay Tuesday’s vote in order 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 ...

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

... to do.” Hammond indicated the Trump administration, following tradition, would consult with senators from each state in choosing new U. S. attorneys. That consultation is important, as senators are able to use the “blue slip” process to recommend or block U. S. attorney nominations in their home states. Hammond said there’s no established deadline for replacing the current U. S. attorneys, and that the new nominations would come on a “rolling” basis “over a period of time.” In previous administrations, the first U. S. attorney nominations have typically come in the summer. For now, the Trump team is focused on getting Sessions confirmed as attorney general. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up his nomination on Jan. 24, but it can be delayed a week by any senator, according to ...

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

... Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of protesters gathered outside of the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport to denounce the travel ban imposed by President Trump. Protests are taking place at airports across the country. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 29: Demonstrators against President Donald Trump's Muslim Ban come together at 2 nd Day of protests at Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, California, United States on January 29, 2017. Lots of muslim people still under custody of US Custom and Border Patrol after Trumps's executive order. (Photo by Aydin Palabiyikoglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images). Protesters gather at the international arrivals area of the Washington Dulles International Airport on January 29, 2017, in Sterling, Virginia. US President Donald Trump issued an executive order yesterday barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority ...

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

... a los ciudadanos de Estados Unidos", señaló la Casa Blanca en un comunicado. "El presidente Trump relevó a Yates de sus funciones y designó a Dana Boente, fiscal del distrito este de Virginia, para servir como fiscal general interino hasta que el senador Jeff Sessions 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 ...

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

... into the country the men, women and children who are currently still stranded in airports,” the letter states. Over the weekend, travelers were detained in multiple U. S. airports as border officials sought to 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 ...

Trump Feuert Kommissarische Justizministerin Yates

... in einem Brief mit, dass das Justizministerium keine Argumente zur juristischen Verteidigung des Erlasses vorbringen werde, so lange sie den Posten inne habe - es sei denn, sie gelange zu der Überzeugung, dass es angemessen sei. Yates stellte aber klar, dass sie das Einwanderungsverbot nicht für rechtmäßig hält. Premium US-Präsident Trump bereitet Unternehmen Angst. Spitzenmanager wenden sich an ihre Mitarbeiter. Nach dem Einreisestopp drohen nun auch Restriktionen für Arbeitsvisa. Kanzlerin Merkel fordert eine rasche Klärung. mehr…. Yates teilte weiter mit, sie habe die Position des Justizministeriums festlegen wollen, da das Dekret schon in mehreren Verfahren angefochten wird: „Ich bin dafür verantwortlich, dass die Positionen, die wir vor Gericht einnehmen, im Einklang sind mit der institutionellen Verpflichtung, Gerechtigkeit zu suchen und für das Richtige einzustehen.“. Trump hatte am Freitag einen 90-tägigen Einreisestopp für Menschen aus den mehrheitlich muslimischen Ländern Syrien , Iran, Irak, ...

President Trump Fires Attorney General Sally Yates

... business. But he said he's not afraid to sue the federal government just because there's a new president. 2:10 p.m. The University of Wisconsin says about 130 students statewide are affected by President Donald Trump's travel ban affecting seven mostly Muslim countries. UW President Ray Cross is urging students or faculty from the seven countries not to travel outside the United States in the next 90 days as they may not be able to return to the country. The affected countries are Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, 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 ...