Trump fired the acting prosecutor general after criticism of his decree

US President Donald Trump will dismiss the acting Prosecutor General Sally Yates after she criticized the decree on the tightening of migration policy. This was written on Twitter by Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer.

On this post, the American leader appointed the prosecutor of the Eastern District of Virginia Dan Boente.

Yets, which heads the US Department of Justice, previously ordered that the lawyers of the department did not defend Trump’s decree in court on toughening the migration policy.

“As long as I am the current Prosecutor General, the Ministry of Justice will not submit arguments in defense of the executive order, unless I am convinced that this one should do this,” The New York Times quotes her.

At the same time, she added that she doubts the “legality” of this decree. The White House was considered, writes The Guardian that "Yates betrayed the Ministry of Justice, refusing to execute a decree aimed at protecting US citizens."

The document that prohibits the citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Syria and Yemen to enter the territory of the United States within 90 days. In addition, the American leader ordered to suspend refugees for 120 days.

The decree was criticized at the UN, mass protests were held in American cities, in support of which the former US President Barack Obama spoke .

Business representatives also criticized the tightening of migration policy. The network of coffee houses Starbucks in protest promised to employ 10 thousand refugees over the next five years. Microsoft, Amazon and ExpeDia have joined the Washington Prosecutor's Office, which intends to file a lawsuit in the federal court to invoice the main provisions of Trump's decree.

The US President himself, commenting on the decree, rejected his “anti -Muslim orientation” and explained that “it is not a matter of religion, a matter of terrorism and a desire to keep the country safe”.

For Russia, the consequence of the Decree was tightening the rules for issuing visas. At the same time, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Trump would not comment on this order, since this is “not our business”.