The US Administration will reduce 2000 employees of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and send everyone, with the exception of a small part of the remaining employees, on mandatory leave.
The statement sent to USAID employees states that their labor relations were terminated in connection with the decision of President Donald Trump and the DOGE Efficiency Department to terminate foreign assistance.
on Sunday, February 23, 2025, all USAID employees working directly, with the exception of the personnel responsible for critical missions, will be sent on administrative leave around the world, ”the notification says.
This decision was made after the federal judge in the United States allowed the Trump administration to dismiss thousands of USAID employees working in the States and abroad.
US President Donald Trump immediately after taking office on January 20 signed a decree on the revision of financing foreign programs.
According to the document, all ministries and agencies responsible for international development programs must stop payments to foreign states, as well as conduct a 90-day verification of the compliance of these programs with US foreign policy interests.
January 27, the US State Department announced the suspension of financing all international programs, including USAID.
The head of the Department of Efficiency of Public Administration (DOGE), Ilon Musk, said that the agency’s employees were “sent on administrative leave” because of the disagreement with the USAID management. The official accounts of the agency in social networks were also closed.
Later Trump and Musk announced the need to close the USAID agency.
Meanwhile, Washington’s District Court temporarily suspended the execution of the decision of the American authorities to send the majority of employees of the US agency for international development (USAID).