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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Roth in Washington

State department ramps up Trump anti-immigration agenda with new ‘remigration’ office

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, whose department notified Congress this week of a substantial overhaul of its priorities. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

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.

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