Agency for International Development after a tumultuous few days for the agency β days that called into question the future of U. The same week, Trump pitched a U. Trump also signed an executive order, praised by U.
In a Feb. Amid a broader freeze on federal spending on foreign assistance, the Trump administration moved to place most of USAID's global staff on leave and reportedly plans to retain only several hundred workers out of 10, The agency is supposed to be rolled into the State Department.
Its closure could also greatly impact the work of CRS and also other faith-based entities around the globe that have partnered with USAID in its work abroad. But the move prompted condemnation from other countries in the region and even some concern among U. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle also expressed concern.
Ahmed Aboudouh, an associate fellow for the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, a London think tank, expressed concern that the idea "would effectively end the US commitment to the two-state solution. Human Rights Watch also stated Trump's plan amounted to "ethnic cleansing" of the enclave's Palestinian population in violation of international law.
The Catholic Church condemns forced population transfers, including ethnic cleansing, as "always unacceptable," according to the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. Johnson called it "bold" and "decisive" in comments to reporters. How Trump plans to redevelop the area β occupied by 2. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who has sought to draw attention to that nation's prison in his aggressive efforts to combat crime, offered to accept convicted American criminals and U. Trump administration officials appeared open to the offer, which would involve deporting American citizens to El Salvador.
