USAID ordered to shut down by Friday as thousands of relief workers sent packing from more than 100 countries

The United States Agency for International Development has been ordered to unopen down by Friday amid Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle it, calling it a 'criminal organization.'

The State Department is present moving diligently to recall thousands of unit members crossed the world, 2 sources acquainted with the discussions told Reuters. 

The employees were told by Peter Marocco, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, that each USAID unit members and their families should beryllium recalled backmost to the United States by Friday - though that deadline could beryllium delayed.

USAID employees successful galore bureaus astatine the agency's office successful Washington DC besides received a memo that they are being placed connected administrative leave, according to PBS NewsHour correspondent Lisa Desjardins.

It said they indispensable beryllium disposable to study to enactment 'if directed to bash so,' and indispensable beryllium disposable by telephone and email during mean concern hours.

But they are 'not to participate USAID premises, entree USAID systems oregon effort to usage your presumption oregon authorization with USAID successful immoderate mode without my anterior support oregon anterior support of a supervisor successful your concatenation of command,' wrote Marocco, the acting lawman head for argumentation and readying and acting lawman head for absorption and resources.

Two employees who were placed connected administrative permission said each bureau bureau has been directed to permission a 'skeleton crew' to assistance place programs to beryllium shuttered. 

The determination comes arsenic President Donald Trump's medication is readying to merge USAID - Washington's superior humanitarian bureau that distributes billions of dollars worth of assistance overseas - with the State Department.

 He had antecedently ordered a frost connected astir overseas assistance connected his archetypal time successful office, saying helium wanted to guarantee it aligned with his America First platform.

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