<p>Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was fired Monday after refusing to back President Donald Trump&rsquo;s executive order to block refugees from certain nations for 90 days. ;</p>
<p>Yates instructed Justice Department attorneys not to defend the order in court, saying that the controversial policy is not consistent with the department&rsquo;s &ldquo;obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right.&rdquo; She was fired just a few hours later. ;</p>
<p>Trump signed the order last Wednesday as part of a set of executive orders on immigration. The new policy blocks all refugees for four months and bans those from Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, and Libya for 90 days.</p>
<p>The controversial order, which also suspends Obama&rsquo;s Syrian refugee resettlement program, sparked nationwide protests (backed by Obama of course). Congressional Democrats voiced their opinion by staging a demonstration on the steps of the Supreme Court building, and over 20 Republicans have refused to support it. ;</p>
<p>Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), who aggressively opposes the ban, praised Yates for standing up to the White House: &ldquo;The Attorney General should be loyal and pledge fidelity to the law, not the White House. The fact that this administration doesn&rsquo;t understand that is chilling.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>The White House defended Trump&rsquo;s policy and labeled Yates&rsquo; behavior as betrayal. &ldquo;Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration. It is time to get serious about protecting our country,&rdquo; reads a statement issued by the White House. ;</p>
<p>The ban ;has stirred up serious dissent within the Trump Administration, and at least three top national security officials say they were not aware of any policy details ;until Trump signed the order. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think that they should either get with the program or they can go,&rdquo; argues White House press secretary Sean Spicer. ;</p>
<p>In the meantime, Trump has selected Dana Boente to act as AG until ;Jeff Sessions (R-AL) receives Senate approval. ;</p>
<p>Boente, appointed two years ago by Obama as US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, told <em>The Washington Post</em> that he would defend Trump&rsquo;s executive order in court. &ldquo;Our career department employees were defending the order in court, and that&rsquo;s what I expect they will do tomorrow, appropriately and properly,&rdquo; he said.</p>
<p>Trump&rsquo;s travel ban is already facing numerous legal challenges, and the decision to fire Yates has transformed the confirmation vote on Jeff Sessions into a referendum on Trump&rsquo;s immigration policy.</p>
<p>Sessions is expected to support the ban.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> She should have resigned with the rest of the political appointees. She had no reason to still be in place except as a &#8216;sleeper&#8217; to sabotage the president&#8217;s policies.</p>