Acting attorney general Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, has ordered DOJ attorneys not to defend President Trump’s controversial executive order which temporarily bans those from seven countries, from entering the country. The countries were chosen as part of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, and Trump opted to temporarily halt immigration from those countries as his administration considers ways to take present vetting procedures to “extreme” levels.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Yates, in a letter, suggests the executive order may be unlawful:
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