(The Guardian) State department ramps up Trump anti-immigration agenda with new ‘remigration’ office
The state department is seeking to create an “Office of Remigration” as part of a restructuring of the US diplomatic service to facilitate Donald Trump’s rightwing anti-immigration policies.
The plan would in effect repurpose the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), which sought to manage and facilitate the flow of people into the US under previous administrations, into a bureau meant to help deport immigrants from the country.
A congressional notification from the state department obtained by the Guardian said the office would be involved in “repatriation tracking”, would “actively facilitate” the “voluntary return of migrants” to other countries, and would work with the Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement to “advance the president’s immigration agenda”.
“Reflecting core administration priorities, these offices will be substantially reorganized to shift focus towards supporting the administration’s efforts to return illegal aliens to their country of origin or legal status,” the document read.
The overhaul is part of a broader restructuring of the state department under its secretary, Marco Rubio, to create a “more agile department, better equipped to promote America’s interests and keep Americans safe across the world”.
Under the plan, which was submitted to Congress this week, the state department would eliminate or consolidate more than 300 offices and bureaus, leading to the firing, or “reduction in force”, of more than 3,400 employees. The firings would not target members of consular affairs or law enforcement and other key roles of state.
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The state department is seeking to create an “Office of Remigration” as part of a restructuring of the US diplomatic service to facilitate Donald Trump’s rightwing anti-immigration policies.
The plan would in effect repurpose the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), which sought to manage and facilitate the flow of people into the US under previous administrations, into a bureau meant to help deport immigrants from the country.
A congressional notification from the state department obtained by the Guardian said the office would be involved in “repatriation tracking”, would “actively facilitate” the “voluntary return of migrants” to other countries, and would work with the Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement to “advance the president’s immigration agenda”.
“Reflecting core administration priorities, these offices will be substantially reorganized to shift focus towards supporting the administration’s efforts to return illegal aliens to their country of origin or legal status,” the document read.
The overhaul is part of a broader restructuring of the state department under its secretary, Marco Rubio, to create a “more agile department, better equipped to promote America’s interests and keep Americans safe across the world”.
Under the plan, which was submitted to Congress this week, the state department would eliminate or consolidate more than 300 offices and bureaus, leading to the firing, or “reduction in force”, of more than 3,400 employees. The firings would not target members of consular affairs or law enforcement and other key roles of state.
State department ramps up Trump anti-immigration agenda with new ‘remigration’ office
Existing bureau that helps with settling people in US would become new agency overseeing deportations
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