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USA Today
7 hours ago
- Politics
- USA Today
State Department could have an 'Office of Remigration': What is it?
State Department could have an 'Office of Remigration': What is it? Show Caption Hide Caption Marco Rubio defends immigration actions to lawmakers Secretary of State Marco Rubio was grilled by lawmakers over his implementation of immigration policies. The Trump administration last week formally notified Congress of its plans for a sweeping reorganization of the State Department, which could include the establishment of an office focused on returning migrants living in the U.S. to their countries of origin. It is one of several overhauls spearheaded by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he marches forward with a broad reorganization of the State Department, first announced in April. It would also include a cut to thousands of jobs, refocus the agency's human rights bureau on "Western values" and either restructure or eliminate 300 of the department's 734 bureaus and offices, according to Reuters' review of the May 29 congressional notification. In a statement the day of the notification's release to Congress, Rubio said the plan will result in a more "agile" State Department, which will scale back a department he said had grown in terms of bureaucracy and costs without delivering results. "The plan submitted to Congress was the result of thoughtful and deliberative work by senior department leadership," he said. "We have taken into account feedback from lawmakers, bureaus, and long-serving employees." Rubio didn't mention the Office of Remigration in his statement, and the office is not listed on a new chart on the department's website. However, reporting from CNN and Axios say there is a proposal within a more detailed notification for an "Office of Remigration," with both outlets independently reporting that it is described as a "hub for immigration issues and repatriation tracking." The proposed office would be one of three new "functional offices" formed from the existing Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, the outlets reported, all consolidated under a (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State) for Migration Matters. The three new offices are to "actively facilitate the voluntary return of migrants to their country of origin or legal status," according to the reporting. What is the term 'remigration'? The proposed name draws on a term increasingly associated in Europe with the far-right and the rise in ethnonationalist immigration attitudes, especially in Germany and Austria, that calls for mass deportation of primarily non-white immigrants. It has become a shorthand to refer to policy proposals triumphed by some European right-wing parties, extremists and neo-Nazi activists that call for forceful mass deportation of migrants. It attracted buzz in 2023 after a jury of German linguists named in "non-word" of the year in its annual ranking of misleading or inappropriate words that are used to discriminate or gloss over issues. While it has become a euphemism for forced repatriation in several Western and Central European countries, it is a largely unfamiliar term in the American political lexicon. In the final weeks of his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump used the term remigration in a post to the social media site X. "As President I will immediately end the migrant invasion of America. We will stop all migrant flights, end all illegal entries, terminate the Kamala phone app for smuggling illegals (CBP One App), revoke deportation immunity, suspend refugee resettlement, and return Kamala's illegal migrants to their home countries (also known as remigration)," he said in the post. Contributing: Reuters Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kapalmer@ and on X @KathrynPlmr.
Business Recorder
3 days ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Russia tells UN West must stop arming Ukraine during any ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS: Russia is prepared to consider a ceasefire in Ukraine to pave the way for a lasting settlement, but during any truce Moscow wants Western states to stop arming Kyiv and for Ukraine to stop mobilising troops, Russia's U.N. ambassador said on Friday. However, Vassily Nebenzia told the U.N. Security Council that a simple ceasefire was not enough to end Moscow's more than three-year war in Ukraine. 'To achieve a sustainable and lasting settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, we need to address its root causes,' Nebenzia said. 'What we're proposing is a second round of talks in Istanbul this coming Monday … where we can exchange memoranda about both parties' approaches to the negotiations process.' The United States wants Russia to agree to a comprehensive 30-day land, air, sea and critical infrastructure ceasefire. A first round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine on May 16 failed to yield a truce deal. Ukraine keeps Russia guessing over participation in June 2 peace talks A U.S. diplomat told the Security Council on Friday: 'We share the concern expressed by other members of this council that Russia could be uninterested in peace and instead bent on achieving a military victory.' Moscow initially said its combat mission was to 'disarm' Ukraine so it could not be a threat to Russia, and 'denazify' it by rooting out leaders it characterized as nationalists. Western countries believe Russia's true initial aims were to defeat Ukraine's military and overthrow its pro-Western government. 'We will continue fighting for as long as that's necessary - no threats to our borders, no anti-Russian, neo-Nazi education in neighbouring countries. We won't allow for any of that to happen,' Nebenzia said.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
German neo-Nazi deported from France over Hitler salute
A German neo-Nazi has been detained and deported after giving the Hitler salute at a far-right march in Paris. The German man was taken into police custody for "glorifying crimes against humanity" and for "rioting" on the fringes of a far-right march in Paris on May 10, French broadcaster BFMTV reported on Friday, citing the police. Two days later, the Paris police prefect ordered the deportation of the German with the aim of "removing him very quickly." Wearing clothing "reminiscent of the Hitler Youth" and with "neo-Nazi insignia," the German was observed "raising his hand and striking his heels together in a Nazi salute," BFMTV quoted a decision by the Paris Administrative Court as saying. The court rejected an appeal by the man against his expulsion from France. His behaviour was "a serious incident that endangers democracy and, due to the hate messages and discriminatory statements, poses a threat to the maintenance of public order," the court found. The German was taken into custody and deported. He is not allowed to return to France for a period of two years.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Trump Plans New Immigration Office Linked to Racist Far-Right Plan
President Trump is making remigration, a racist plan popular among the European far right, a reality, according to Reuters. The State Department on Thursday announced its plans to establish an 'Office of Remigration,' assuming it is approved by Congress, on July 1. The term 'remigration' is a white supremacist concept pushed by Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner that posits that all immigrants and 'non-assimilated citizens' be forcibly removed, with the goal of establishing a white ethnostate. 'The Office of Remigration will serve as the [Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration]'s hub for immigration issues and repatriation tracking,' the plan the State Department submitted to Congress reads. 'It will provide a policy platform for interagency coordination with DHS and other agencies on removals/repatriations, and for intra-agency policy work to advance the President's immigration agenda.' This isn't the first time Trump has floated remigration. 'As President I will immediately end the migrant invasion of America,' he wrote on X in September. 'We will stop all migrant flights, end all illegal entries, terminate the Kamala phone app for smuggling illegals (CBP One App), revoke deportation immunity, suspend refugee resettlement, and return Kamala's illegal migrants to their home countries (also known as remigration).' His deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, another proponent of right-wing white supremacist policy, backed him up. 'THE TRUMP PLAN TO END THE INVASION OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA: REMIGRATION!' he wrote at the time. While remigration isn't a household term in the U.S., it's taken off in certain European political circles. The first 'Remigration Summit' took place earlier this month in Milan featuring multiple far-right leaders and chants of 'Save our nation, remigration.' 'It's outrageous,' Wendy Via, CEO and president of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, told Wired. 'There is no hiding from the fact that the ultimate goal of 'remigration' is purely about ethnic cleansing. It is a terrible day for our country when 'remigration' proponents are crediting the US and Trump's administration for normalizing the term.' Those on the far right, particularly Sellner himself, think that the U.S. has been well on its way toward establishing remigration for some time now. 'There are differences between Europe and the USA, but the common line is the same: preserving the cultural continuity by stopping replacement migration. Reversing the flows with border security, mass repatriations, and incentives to leave,' Sellner told Wired. Trump's immigration crackdown, his extrajudicial disappearances of students based on their beliefs, and his invocation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act—which asserts that the country is being invaded by immigrants—are all obvious indicators of remigration already occurring here. 'Remigration is in fact already taking place in the US,' white nationalist author Cyan Quinn, who attended the Remigration Summit, told Wired. 'The first flight of 64 self-deportees following President Trump's stipend announcement have already arrived home safely in Honduras and Columbia.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Russia tells UN West must stop arming Ukraine during any ceasefire
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia is prepared to consider a ceasefire in Ukraine to pave the way for a lasting settlement, but during any truce Moscow wants Western states to stop arming Kyiv and for Ukraine to stop mobilising troops, Russia's U.N. ambassador said on Friday. However, Vassily Nebenzia told the U.N. Security Council that a simple ceasefire was not enough to end Moscow's more than three-year war in Ukraine. "To achieve a sustainable and lasting settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, we need to address its root causes," Nebenzia said. "What we're proposing is a second round of talks in Istanbul this coming Monday ... where we can exchange memoranda about both parties' approaches to the negotiations process." The United States wants Russia to agree to a comprehensive 30-day land, air, sea and critical infrastructure ceasefire. A first round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine on May 16 failed to yield a truce deal. A U.S. diplomat told the Security Council on Friday: "We share the concern expressed by other members of this council that Russia could be uninterested in peace and instead bent on achieving a military victory." Moscow initially said its combat mission was to "disarm" Ukraine so it could not be a threat to Russia, and "denazify" it by rooting out leaders it characterized as nationalists. Western countries believe Russia's true initial aims were to defeat Ukraine's military and overthrow its pro-Western government. "We will continue fighting for as long as that's necessary - no threats to our borders, no anti-Russian, neo-Nazi education in neighbouring countries. We won't allow for any of that to happen," Nebenzia said.
