Donald Trump has fired the acting US Attorney General Sally Yates, after she defied him over his controversial travel ban.
Ms Yates had ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce the US President's immigration ban targeting seven Muslim-majority nations.
The White House said on Twitter that she would be replaced by Dana Boente, who is currently US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement that Ms Yates "has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States".
Ms Yates, who had been appointed by former Democratic President Barack Obama, told Justice Department lawyers in a letter on Monday that they would not defend Mr Trump's travel order in court.
She had said that she did not believe the order would be "consistent with this institution's solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what's right".
She also said that she was not convinced that the order was "lawful".
The order put a 120-day hold on allowing refugees into the country and banned refugees from Syria indefinitely.
It also barred citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days.
Mr Spicer, however, described Ms Yates as "weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration".
He added: "It is time to get serious about protecting our country.
"Calling for tougher vetting for individuals traveling from seven dangerous places is not extreme.
"It is reasonable and necessary to protect our country."
Mr Boente will serve as acting Attorney General until the Senate confirms Senator Jeff Sessions as his permanent replacement, a process that Mr Spicer said was being held up by Democratic senators "for strictly political reasons".
Mr Boente was quoted in the statement as saying that he would "defend and enforce the laws of our country to ensure that our people and our nation are protected".
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