On Monday, Sally Yates, acting Attorney General, directed the Department of Justice to not defend in court Trump's immigration executive order.
The de facto course of action would have been to defend the order as a matter of course, but Yates was so concerned about the intent of the order that she directed lawyers at DoJ to avoid putting up a fight against those who have filed suit against it.
Ms. Yates was summarily fired.
2017/01/31
2017/01/29
IT BEGINS
I haven't found too many news blogs for immigration and refugee issues under Trump. So I started one. It won't be real time, but it will be accurate.
So it all started on Friday, 27 Jan. Trump signs executive orders suspending "all refugee admissions for 120 days and blocked citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, refugees or otherwise, from entering the United States for 90 days: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen." Syrians are barred indefinitely. Even those holding a valid green card were not permitted entry. On Saturday, a federal judge stayed the deportation of those who were travelling at the time the order was signed. Green card holders have since been allowed admission, although they are subject to an interrogation before they are let out of the airport.
Particularly distressing is that this ban is across the board and does not account for, say, Iraqi interpreters who have been investigated THOROUGHLY and been waiting for years to get into the US. Also, keep in mind that all Syrian refugees have been through the ringer being checked out and interviewed.
Executive order full text.
So it all started on Friday, 27 Jan. Trump signs executive orders suspending "all refugee admissions for 120 days and blocked citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, refugees or otherwise, from entering the United States for 90 days: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen." Syrians are barred indefinitely. Even those holding a valid green card were not permitted entry. On Saturday, a federal judge stayed the deportation of those who were travelling at the time the order was signed. Green card holders have since been allowed admission, although they are subject to an interrogation before they are let out of the airport.
Particularly distressing is that this ban is across the board and does not account for, say, Iraqi interpreters who have been investigated THOROUGHLY and been waiting for years to get into the US. Also, keep in mind that all Syrian refugees have been through the ringer being checked out and interviewed.
Executive order full text.
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