By Ellen KnickMeyer and Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Washington (AP) – Trump administration said on Tuesday that it draws almost all US agencies for international development workers outside of work and outside the field all over the world and moves to everyone except End a six-decennium’s mission To increase American security by fighting starvation, finance education and work to terminate epidemics.

Administration announced USAID workers IE posts and A Message Published Onlinethe latest in a sudden disassembly of the aid agency by returning politicals was appointed by President Donald Trump’s first term of office and billionaire Elon Musk’s government -sectivity team as as Call a lot of expenses on programs abroad waste.

The order comes into force just before midnight Friday and provides direct employment from the agency abroad – of which many have frantically unpacked households in expectation of the announcement – 30 days to return home if they are not considered essential. Entrepreneurs who are not determined to be essential would also be fired, the message says.

The move had been rumored for several days and was the most extreme of several proposals being considered to consolidate the agency to the Ministry of State. Other options had included closures of smaller USAID assignments and partly closures of larger ones.

Thousands of employees had already been laid -off and Programs all over the world are shut down After Trump, a Republican introduced a sweeping freezing of foreign aid. Despite screams from democratic legislators, the aid agency has been a special goal such as the new administration and Musks Budget-Slashing Department of Government Efficiency See to shrink the federal government.

They have ordered an expenditure stop that has paralyzed US-funded help and development work around the world, beat the leading leadership and workforce with Furloughs and shootings and closed the Washington head office on Monday. Legislators said that the agency’s computer servers were mapped.

“Spent the weekend feeding USAID in the wood chips,” boasted Musk at X.

Mass removal of thousands of employees abroad and in Washington would undermine billions in projects in approximately 120 countries, including security support to partners such as Ukraine and development work for clean water, job education and education, including for schoolgirls under Taliban Rule in Afghanistan.

The United States is by far the world’s largest humanitarian donor. It spends less than 1% of its budget on foreign aid, a smaller proportion of its budget than some countries.

Health programs such as those credited with helping final polio and copper pidemics and a acclaimed HIV/AIDS program that saved more than 20 million lives in Africa have already stopped. This is how monitoring and deployments of snabbresponseam have infectious diseases such as an Ebola outbreak in Uganda.

Hundreds of millions of dollars and medication already delivered by US companies are in ports due to the administration’s sudden shutdown of the agency.

Democratic legislators and others say that USAID is anchored in legislation as an independent agency and cannot be shut down without congressional approval. Supporters of USAID from both political parties say its work abroad is important to counteract the influence of Russia, China and other opponents and rivals abroad and to cement alliances and partnerships.

The decision to withdraw staff and their families earlier than their planned departures is likely to cost the government tens of millions of dollars in travel and relocation costs.

Personnel placed on leave include both foreign and officials who have legal protection against arbitrary dismissal and are placed on leave for no reason.

The American Foreign Service Association, the union representing the US diplomats, sent a message to its members who condemned the decision and said it was preparing legal action to counteract or stop it.