State Department Departures Pave Way for Trump's Immigration Limits

Foreign Policy: The White House abruptly asked several senior State Department officials to leave this week, including a key official who would’ve been in charge of implementing President Donald Trump’s plans to curtail refugees from Muslim-majority countries.

Contrary to a report that the departures amounted to a “mass exodus” of officials “who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era,” the officials received letters from the White House that their service was no longer needed.

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