February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC, a flag outside the headquarters of the United States International Development Agency (USAID).
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A federal judge on Friday paved the way for the Trump administration to push for plans to remove American International Development Agency Workers from their work.
U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols denied workforce groups demanding a preliminary injunction after the Trump administration said it would send thousands of USAID employees within 30 days and ordered foreign agencies to return to the United States.
“Weighing the plaintiffs’ assertions about these issues with the government is like comparing apples to orange. One side claims that the actions of the United Nations Agency for International Development are crucial to human prosperity, and the other side claims that they are currently in the opposite direction and are simply impossible to make the courts It is concluded that, in terms of law or fairness, the public interest favors the injunction or is dissatisfied,” Nichols wrote.
Earlier this month, the judge had Suspend the government’s actions 2,200 U.S. Agency for International Development staff will be arranged for leave. He also canceled the holidays of 500 workers and stopped efforts to speed up the evacuation of foreign personnel. The temporary restraining order on these actions has been extended until the judge’s ruling on Friday.
