The State Department has sent a plan reorganizing the State Department to Congress in an effort to eliminate bureaucratic bloat.
“Over the past quarter century, the domestic operations of the State Department have grown exponentially, resulting in more bureaucracy, higher costs, and fewer results for the American people. Since my first day as Secretary, I have said that this Department must move at the speed of relevancy and, in April announced a broad reorganization of the Department to better achieve that goal,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement, going on to note that the plan was the “result of thoughtful and deliberative work by senior Department leadership” that has “taken into account feedback from lawmakers, bureaus, and long-serving employees.”
“The reorganization plan will result in a more agile Department, better equipped to promote America’s interests and keep Americans safe across the world,” he said.
The plan would reportedly include an Office of Remigration. The office would fall under the outline’s “Population, Refugees, and Migration” bureau.
A State Department official told Axios that the bureau “had the migration function — it’s in the name — we’re just reversing the flow of migrants who shouldn’t be here to go out of the country.”
According to a document sent to Congress, the new offices under the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration will “be substantially reorganized to shift focus towards supporting the Administration’s efforts to return illegal aliens to their country of origin or legal status,” the report explained. The document described the forthcoming Office of Remigration as a “hub for immigration issues and repatriation tracking.”
The State Department’s restructuring will cut an estimated 40% of its domestic offices, Fox News reports.
