Trump Administration Considering Shift Of Population, Refugees, Migration Bureau Out Of State Department To USAID

Foreign Policy: White House Weighs Taking Refugee Programs Away From State Department
“The Trump administration is considering shifting migration programs worth billions of dollars out of the U.S. State Department to another government agency, a move that would signal a historic shift in how refugees are handled, according to current and former officials. … At issue is the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which manages a budget of roughly $3.4 billion. The bureau, which oversees the U.S. government’s refugee program, is a critical tool of American diplomacy, according to current and former officials. … Officials in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) favor transferring the overseas humanitarian assistance programs out of the State Department bureau to the U.S. Agency for International Development, which handles other relief programs…” (De Luce/Gramer, 5/2).

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